Washington Apple Cake

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 5 medium apples, peeled cored and thinly sliced
• 6 ounces cream cheese
• 1/4 cup melted butter
• 1 3/4 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 butter a 9x13" cake pan and set aside.
• 2 in a large bowl, beat eggs at high speed until thick and light in color.
• 3 combine sugar and oil and beat into eggs.
• 4 stir together flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt.
• 5 add to egg mixture along with vanilla.
• 6 stir in nuts.
• 7 spread apple slices in bottom of buttered cake pan.
• 8 pour batter over apples, spreading to cover.
• 9 bake at 350 degrees 1 hour or until top is pale golden and apples are cooked.
• 10 remove from oven.
• 11 cool cake in pan on wire rack.
• 12 when completely cool top with cream cheese icing.
• 13 cream cheese icing:.
• 14 beat cream cheese until fluffy.
• 15 beat in 1/4 c melted butter.
• 16 stir in 1-3/4 c confectioners sugar and 1 tsp lemon juice.
• 17 spread over cooled cake.