Mom Wray's Apple Cake

In order for me to get excited about a dessert that isn't chocolate, it has to be really good.  This dessert is really good.  It's that lovely time of year, we call "apple season" and most of my apples have been going into the crockpot for apple butter.  I have however made this cake a few times this month, when we've had company over for dinner.  I'll warn you ahead of time, it's a dangerous one to make, if you don't have plenty of people to help you finish it off.  You know that kind of dessert that just keeps calling you back for another little bite?  Although Kenzie says it makes a perfectly delicious breakfast food, I wouldn't know.  

The credit for this yummy creation goes to my mother-in-law, hence the name, Mom Wray's Apple Cake.  It's very nice, cut into squares, still warm from the oven with a scoop of ice cream, but I like it best with a dollop of freshly whipped cream.  Yes, the real thing. 

Mom Wray's Apple Cake

1 cup oil

2 cups sugar

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. soda

2 tsp. baking powder

3 eggs

2 1/2 cups plain flour

1 tsp. vanilla

1 tsp. cinnamon

3 cups, peeled and chopped apples

chopped nuts- optional

Mix sugar and oil in mixer. Add eggs and beat one minute at medium speed.  Combine flour, salt, soda, baking powder and cinnamon.  Add to egg mixture and mix one minute.  Add apples and vanilla and mix one minute until blended. Pour into greased and floured 9x13 pan.  Bake for 55 minutes at 350 degrees.

Glaze

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/8 cup milk

1/4 cup butter

1 tsp. vanilla

Mix ingredients in saucepan and bring to a boil.  Boil 2 1/2 minutes, then spoon glaze over cake.

* If you pour glaze over hot cake it will be absorbed into the cake like a sponge and make it very moist.  If you let the cake cool  and then pour glaze over the top, it will form a nice thick frosting that will sit on top of the cake.  I like it best somewhere in between the two, so I let it cool slightly before pouring the glaze on and it makes a moist cake, with a little film of caramel frosting on the top.  Either way, it's heavenly.  Enjoy!