Pop's Ugly Apple Cake

By Niecer

Grandma's recipe - ALWAYS moist and delcious

Ingredients

• Optional topping:
• 1 1/2 c sugar
• 2 C plus 2 TBS flour
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 1/3 C oil (I use 1/2 C melted butter in the total amount of 1 1/3 C instead of ALL oil)
• 2 eggs, plus one egg yolk
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 4 cups peeled, chopped apples (I used granny smith and braeburn combined, chopped in various sizes)
• 1/2 c chopped walnuts
• 1/2 C brown sugar
• 1/2 C flour
• 1/4 C butter
• 1/2 C chopped nuts
• 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• OR glaze with powdered sugar or cream cheese glaze: equal parts cream cheese and butter, softened, whipped with powdered sugar to taste and thinned with a tsp vanilla and a splash of milk as needed for spreadability

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 325

Mix sugar and dry ingredients together. Stir in oil, eggs and vanilla. Add apples, nuts and raisins.

Frost with powdered sugar/cream cheese glaze.