Teddie'S Apple Cake (Nyt 11.4.07)

• butter, for greasing pan
• 3 cups flour, plus more to dust pan
• 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 cups peeled cored, and thickly sliced tart apples (Honeycrisp or Granny Smith)
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 cup raisins
• vanilla ice cream (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 350u0b0F Butter and flour a 9-inch tube pan. Beat the oil and sugar together. After about 5 minutes, add the eggs and beat until the mixture is creamy.
2. Sift together 3 cups of flour, the salt, cinnamon, and baking soda. Stir into the batter. Add the vanilla, apples, walnuts and raisins and stir until combined.
3. Transfer the mixture to the prepared pan. Bake for 1 hours and 15 min., or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
4. Cool in the pan before turning out. Serve at room temperature with vanilla ice cream, if desired.

butter, flour, vegetable oil, sugar, eggs, salt, cinnamon, baking soda, vanilla, peeled cored, walnuts, raisins, vanilla ice cream

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/teddies-apple-cake-nyt-11-4-07-273260 (may not work)