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Apple Cake

Source of Recipe

Brenda Hyde

4 cups finely chopped, peeled apples
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 beaten eggs
2 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp salt
½ tsp baking soda
1 cup chopped walnuts
Cream Cheese-Carmel Frosting

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter (or spray) a 13x9x2 inch baking pan.
Combine apples and sugar. Add oil, eggs, and vanilla. Combine flour, baking
powder, cinnamon, salt, and soda. Add to apple mixture, stirring
until just combined. Stir in nuts. Pour into prepared pan. Bake
for 35 minutes. Cool completely in pan. Frost with
cream cheese-carmel frosting, garnish with pecans and drizzle
with caramel topping, if desired. Store in refrigerator.

Cream Cheese-Caramel Frosting: Beat together one 3-oz.
package softened cream cheese and 1/4 cup butter until light
and fluffy. Beat in 1/3 cup caramel ice cream topping. Slowly
beat in 2 cups sifted powdered sugar. Beat in 2 1/4 cups
additional sifted powdered to reach a spreading consistency.