Keep Calm...And Eat Apple Cake

Good apple pies

are a considerable part 

of our domestic happiness.

- Jane Austen -

This isn't an apple pie, my friends,

but it's an apple cake and I must say it's just as good as pie.

Apples. . .

a wonderful fruit to enjoy during the autumn season.

Here is the recipe, lovelies.

For the cake

1 c vegetable oil

2 c sugar

3 eggs

3 c flour

1 tsp baking soda

2 tsp vanilla

1 c chopped pecans

3 c peeled and chopped apples

For the frosting

1/2 c butter

1 c brown sugar, packed

1/4 c evaporated milk

1/2 tsp vanilla

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 

Grease a 9 x 13-inch pan. 

Combine oil, sugar, and eggs. 

Stir in flour and baking soda. 

Add vanilla, pecans, and apples. 

Spread in prepared pan 

and bake for 45-50 minutes. 

Cool for 2 hours before adding the frosting.

For the frosting. . .

Boil all ingredients in a small saucepan for 2 minutes. 

Set the pan in a bowl filled with ice water. 

Beat the icing until it's of spreading consistency. 

Spread over the top of the cake

and enjoy some sweet apple goodness.

This recipe called for pecans,

but I did not add them when I made it

{simply because I didn't have any on hand}.

It was good without the nuts so if you're not a nut fan

you can leave them out and the cake is still extra delicious.

Have a beautiful and blessed autumn day,

sweet friends!

{{{ hugs }}}