Fresh Apple Cake

Ingredients

½ cup margarine 2 cups sugar 2 eggs 2 cup all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon nutmeg ½ teaspoon cloves ½ teaspoon cinnamon ¼ teaspoon allspice

1 ½ cups chopped nuts 4 cups finely chopped apples Topping 1 cup sugar 1 stick margarine ½ cup evaporated milk 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla

Directions

Cake

• Preheat oven to 325°
• Cream margarine and sugar.
• Add eggs one at a time and beat until smooth.
• Sift together dry ingredients and spices.
• Add to egg mixture.*
• Stir in apples and nuts.
• Bake in greased 9" x 13" pan at 325° for approximately 40-45 minutes.

* The egg mixture will seem dry, but the apples make it moist as it bakes.

Topping

• Combine all the topping ingredients in a saucepan and cook over low heat, stirring constantly for 10 minutes.
• Remove from heat and add 1 _ teaspoons vanilla extract.
• Pour over warm cake in the pan.