Ms. Geraldine's Fresh Apple Cake

Name: Ms. Geraldine's Fresh Apple Cake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 1/4 c vegetable oil; 2 c white sugar; 3 large eggs; 1 tsp baking soda; 1 tsp salt; 3 c all purpose flour; 3 c peeled chopped apples; 1 c chopped pecans; 2 tsp pure vanilla extract; TOPPING; 1 c brown sugar, firmly packed; 1 stick unsalted butter; 1/4 c half and half; 1 tsp pure vanilla extract; 1 c powdered sugar; 1 c finely chopped pecans

By Debbie Lawrence
@debbit

This recipe is from a true Southern Lady. Made for our family in my childhood days and I'm sure many more times.. super yummy and a great way to get that 'apple a day'. The whole family loves this wonderful taste of my childhood in the south!

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Serves:

Prep:

30 Min

Cook:

1 Hr 30 Min

Method:

Bake

Ingredients

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1 1/4 c

vegetable oil
2 c

white sugar
3 large

eggs
1 tsp

baking soda
1 tsp

salt
3 c

all purpose flour
3 c

peeled chopped apples
1 c

chopped pecans
2 tsp

pure vanilla extract
TOPPING
1 c

brown sugar, firmly packed
1 stick

unsalted butter
1/4 c

half and half
1 tsp

pure vanilla extract
1 c

powdered sugar
1 c

finely chopped pecans

How to Make Ms. Geraldine's Fresh Apple Cake

Step-by-Step

Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
Butter and flour large tube or bundt pan. Set aside.
Sift together salt, baking soda and flour.
In mixer bowl, blend oil and sugar well.
Slowly add dry sifted ingredients into oil and sugar mixture. (Batter will be stiff at this point)
Whisk eggs together lightly and add to batter.
Reduce speed on mixer and stir nuts and vanilla into batter.
gently stir in chopped apples
Pour batter slowly into prepared pan, shifting carefully so that batter is even .
Bake for 1 1/2 hours @250 degrees
Remove from oven. Cool.
Invert on to cake plate.
Add praline topping if desired
Bring brown sugar, butter and milk to a boil in a heavy saucepan over medium heat
Whisk constantly as it boils for 1 minute
Remove from heat
Stir in Vanilla
Gradually add in powdered sugar beating with hand mixer until smooth.
Mix gently for about 5 minutes until slightly thickened and cooled.
Spoon over cooled cake
Sprinkle with chopped pecans