My Weakness!

This post is for Fall, apples, my great friend Beth and my lack of will power I have when this treat is around!  German apple cake has a place in my heart, along with my Grandma's "Penuche" frosting makes a complete meal, breakfast, lunch or dinner for me!

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 cups white sugar
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 4 cups apples - peeled, cored and diced

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour one 9x13 inch cake pan.
2. In a mixing bowl; beat oil and eggs with an electric mixer until creamy. Add the sugar and vanilla and beat well.
3. Combine the flour salt, baking soda, and ground cinnamon together in a bowl. Slowly add this mixture to the egg mixture and mix until combined. The batter will be very thick. Fold in the apples by hand using a wooden spoon. Spread batter into the prepared pan.
4. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 45 minutes or until cake tests done. Let cake cool on a wire rack. 

Penuche Frosting

1/2 C. Butter

1 C. Brown sugar

1/4 C. milk

Bring all ingredients to a boil.  Cook for one minute.  Then add:

2 1/2 C. Powdered sugar

Mix and pour over cake.  For some reason this frosting solidifies very quickly.  I like it any way, but it is not very spreadable after it has cooled down.