Fresh Apple Cake

3 cups raw apples, chopped

1 1/2 cups cooking oil

2 cups sugar

3 eggs

2 1/2 cups flour

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon soda

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 cup pecans, chopped

 

Peel apples and chop; set aside. Pour cooking oil into large mixing bowl; add sugar and eggs and beat well. Sift flour with salt, soda and baking powder. Gradually add flour to creamed mixture. Add vanilla. Gently fold in chopped apples and nuts. Grease a 1-inch tube pan; pour in batter. Bake at 350 degrees for one hour or until done. When cool, the cake can be glazed, or good when served warm.