Apple Spiced Cake

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
• 3 cups sugar
• 8 eggs
• 4 cups flour
• 2 tablespoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 6 cups Golden Delicious or Granny Smith apples, diced small
• 2 cups walnuts, toasted, optional
• Confectioners' sugar
• Whipped cream

Directions

Mix together the oil and the sugar. Add the eggs 1 at a time, beating after each addition. Sift together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and ground ginger. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Fold in the apples and the walnuts. Bake in 2 (9-inch) greased and floured cake pans for 1 hour in a preheated 350 degree oven or until center is done. Garnish with confectioners' sugar and whipped cream.