Apple Everything Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 cup oil
• 1/4 cup half-and-half or 1/4 cup milk
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 3 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract or 2 teaspoons almond extract (etc.)
• 3 small apples, peeled and coarse chopped
• 1/4 cup dark raisin
• 1/4 cup chocolate chips
• 1/3 cup chopped walnuts or 1/3 cup almonds or 1/3 cup pecans
• 1/4 cup flaked coconut
• 1/4 cup drained and chopped maraschino cherry
• powdered sugar, mixed with
• cocoa, as garnish

Recipe

• 1 grease and flour a large fluted cake pan.
• 2 preheat oven to 325 degrees f.
• 3 beat oil, milk, extract and sugar till well combined.
• 4 beat in eggs to combine.
• 5 sift dry ingredients together and beat into to wet mixture and combine well.
• 6 stir in fruits and nuts.
• 7 turn batter into pan and bake until tested done with wooden toothpick- about 60 to 75 minutes.
• 8 cool in pan 15 minutes and remove to rack to cool well.
• 9 wrap overnight before slicing for best flavor.
• 10 dust with sugar/cocoa.
• 11 freezes well.