Apple Scrapple Cake

 

1¼ cup vegetable oil
1 t. salt
2 cups sugar
3 cups of flour
3 eggs
1 t. vanilla
1 t. soda
1 cup raisins
1 t. cinnamon
3 cups diced apples
1 cup of pecans


Preheat oven to 350º. Cream oil, sugar and eggs. Add soda, salt, flour and cinnamon, which have been sifted together. Fold in apples, nuts, raisins, vanilla. Pour into ungreased tube pan and bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes. Insert a knife into the center to test for doneness before removing from the oven - should come out clean. Topping: 1 cup brown sugar, ¼ cup milk, ½ cup butter, 1 teaspoon of vanilla. Bring to boil for 3 minutes and pour over cake while both are still warm. Cut cake loose from sides of pans and punch holes in top of cake with a fork. Let set 10 minutes, then remove from pan.