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.

APPLE SAUCE CAKE

APPLE SAUCE CAKE

From Billie Reid  (from Mrs. Howells, McKees Rocks, PA)

1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup dates
1 cup walnuts 
1  1/2 cup apple sauce
2 cups flour, sifted before measuring
1 t. cinnamon
1 t. cloves
2 t. baking soda

Cream butter and sugar; add beaten egg.  Add apple sauce, raisins, dates and nuts.  

Sift dry ingredients and add to the creamed mixture.

Pour batter into a wax-paper-lined 8" square pan.

Bake about 1 hour in a moderate oven, about 350.

Tip:  You may add candied cherries and pineapple.  Also, you can omit the dates and use 1 cup raisins if you like.