Teddie’s Apple Cake

Ingredients

• Butter for greasing pan
• 3 cups (384 grams) flour, plus more for dusting pan
• 1 1/2 cups (317 grams) vegetable oil
• 2 cups (400 grams) sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 cups peeled, cored and thickly sliced apples, such as Honeycrisp or Granny Smith*
• 1 cup chopped walnuts (I omit)
• 1 cup raisins (I omit)
• Vanilla ice cream, for serving, optional

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350ºF. Butter and flour a 9-inch tube pan. Beat the oil and sugar together in a mixer (fitted with a paddle attachment) while assembling the remaining ingredients. After about 5 minutes, add the eggs and beat until the mixture is creamy.

2. 2

   Sift together 3 cups of flour, the salt, cinnamon and baking soda. Stir into the batter. Add the vanilla, apples, walnuts (if using) and raisins (if using) and stir until combined.

3. 3

   Transfer the mixture to the prepared pan. Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in the pan before turning out. Serve at room temperature with vanilla ice cream, if desired.