Fresh Apple Cake

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Fresh Apple Cake

 

Preheat the oven to 325º F. Generously butter a tube pan.

 

~~~Cake~~~

Add all ingredients to a mixing bowl and mix well:

2 cups sugar

3 eggs

1-1/2 cups vegetable oil

1/4 cup orange juice

3 cups all purpose flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1/4 tsp. salt

1 TB ground cinnamon

1 TB vanilla extract

 

Add and fold into the batter and mix well:

3 cups peeled and finely chopped apples

1 cup shredded coconut

1 cup chopped pecans

 

Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake until a tester comes out

clean, about 1-1/2 hours.

 

~~~Sauce~~~

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup buttermilk

1/2 tsp. baking soda

 

Shortly before the cake is done, make the sauce: Melt the butter in a large

sauce pan, stir in the

sugar, buttermilk, and baking soda, and bring to a good rolling boil,

stirring constantly.

 

Boil for 1 minute. Pour the sauce over the hot cake in the pan as soon as you

remove it from the

oven. Let stand 1 hour, then turn out onto a rack to cool completely.

 

Yield: 16 to 20 servings.