Grandma’s Old Fashioned Apple Crumb Cake

What You Need:

• 2 eggs
• 2 C sugar
• 1 1/2 C corn oil
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 3 C all purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/2 C pecan pieces
• 2 C Granny Smith apples, cored, peeled and chopped
• 1/2 C (1 stick) butter or margarine
• 1/4 C milk
• 1 C brown sugar

How to Make It:

• Place the eggs in a large mixing bowl.
• Add the sugar, corn oil and vanilla extract.
• Stir well to combine all the ingredients being sure the sugar is completely moistened.
• In a separate bowl sift together the flour, salt, baking soda and cinnamon.
• Add the flour mixture to the egg mixture a little at a time being sure to stir after each addition.
• When all the flour mixture has been added, continue stirring until completely moistened.
• Stir in the pecan pieces.
• Gently fold in the chopped apples.
• Heat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease and flour a large cake pan.
• Pour batter into the cake pan evenly.
• Bake 50 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• In a saucepan over low heat combine the butter, milk and brown sugar.
• Bring mixture to a boil.
• Continue boiling 2 minutes.
• Pour mixture over hot cake and spread out evenly.

Serves 12

Any type of cooking apple will work in this recipe.