Willamette Valley Fresh Apple Cake

Ingredients:

• 2 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup apple cider
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. salt
• 2 tsps. ground cinnamon
• 2 tsps. vanilla extract
• 3 cups peeled and finely chopped granny smith or similar cooking apples
• 1/4 cup candied ginger, diced
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 2 Tbls. vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup powdered sugar

Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Generously grease a 9 x 13 x 2 inch pan.
2. In a large bowl, combine the sugar, eggs, oil, apple cider, flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and vanilla extract; and mix well.
3. Fold apples, candied ginger, and walnuts into the batter.
4. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake until a tester comes out clean, about 1 hour.
5. Cool for 10 minutes then dust the cake with powdered sugar.
6. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.

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