German Apple Cake

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 4 cups apples - peeled, cored and diced

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 175 degrees. Grease and flour one 9x13 inch cake pan. In a mixing bowl; beat oil and eggs with an electric mixer until creamy. Add the sugar and vanilla and beat well.
2. Combine the flour salt, baking soda, and ground cinnamon together in a bowl. Slowly add this mixture to the egg mixture and mix until combined. The batter will be very thick.
3. Fold in the apples by hand using a wooden spoon. Spread batter into the prepared pan.
4. Bake at 175 degrees for 45 minutes or until cake tests done. Let cake cool on a wire rack.
5. Once cake is cool serve with a dusting of confectioners' sugar or with a Caramel Glaze: 1/2 cup butter, 1/2 c. brown sugar, and 1/4 c. cream. Bring to a boil, then boil 3 minutes. Remove from heat and add 1/2 tsp. vanilla. Let cool just slightly before pouring over warm cake.