Ingredients

Butter to grease pan

3 cups flour plus more for dusting pan

1 1/2 cups vegetable oil

2 cups sugar

3 eggs

1 tspn salt

1 tspn cinnamon

1 tspn baking soda

1 tspn vanilla

3 cups peeled, cored and thickly sliced tart apples like Honeycrips or GrannySmith

1 cup chopped walnuts

1 cup raisins

Preparation

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter & flour a 9 inch tube pan. Beat oil & sugar together in a mixer (paddle attachment) while assembling the remaining ingredients. After approx. 5 minutes add the eggs & beat until mixture is creamy
  2. Sift together 3 cups of flour, salt, cinnamon, & baking soda. Stir into batter. Add vanilla, apples, walnuts & raisins & stir until combined.
  3. Transfer mix to the prepared pan. Bake for 1 hour 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean. Cool in the pan before turning out. Serve at room temperature with vanilla ice cream if desired