Apple Walnut Cake

Ingredients:
    4 cups coarsely chopped peeled apples (8 small, 6 medium, 4 large)
    1¾ cups sugar
    2 eggs
    ½ cup oil
    2 teaspoons vanilla
    2 cups sifted flour
    2 teaspoons baking soda
    1 teaspoon salt
    2 teaspoons cinnamon
    ½ cup chopped walnuts

* Preheat oven to 350°F

* Combine apples and sugar in medium sized bowl.  Set aside.

* Combine flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon in another medium
  sized bowl.

* In a large mixing bowl, mix eggs, oil, and vanilla.  Beat for 1 minute
  at medium speed. 

* Add bowl of dry stuff and bowl of apple stuff alternately (a little of
  each at a time) into the big bowl with the egg mixture. 

* Stir in the walnuts.

* Grease and flour a 9x13x2 inch cake pan.

* Pour mixture into pan and bake for 45-50 minutes, until a toothpick
  inserted into the cake comes out dry. 

* If desired, drizzle top of cake with lemon glaze.


            Lemon Glaze

Ingredients:
    1 cup confectioner's sugar
    1½ tablespoons lemon juice
    ½ teaspoon vanilla
    1 tablespoon corn syrup

* Beat all ingredients together until smooth.

* If needed, add a slight amount of warm water to make it drizzly.