APPLE CAKE 1964 with CARAMEL ICING

APPLE CAKE 1964

From Barbara Thompson

1  1/4 cups salad oil
2  1/2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
3 cups chopped apple
2 whole eggs
1 t. salt
2 t. baking powder
1 t. soda
1 t. vanilla
1 cup chopped nuts

Cream salad oil and sugar;  add eggs, beat.

Sift flour, measure; add baking powder, soda, salt, and sift again.

Add a little at a time to wet mixture; beat.

Fold in apples, nuts and extract.

Cook in long pan at 350 degrees for 55-60 minutes.

Use caramel icing (recipe below).

Cut in squares to serve.






CARAMEL ICING

1 cup sugar
1/2 t. soda
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup buttermilk
T. syrup
1 t. vanilla

Boil rapidly - soft ball - beat one minute.