Best Apple Cake With Raisins & Walnuts

• servings: 8 servings
• active time: 30 minutes
• total time: 1 hour 45 minutes

Ingredients

Butter for greasing pan

3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting pan

1 1/2 cups vegetable oil

2 cups granulated sugar

3 large eggs

1 teaspoon kosher salt

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

3 cups peeled, cored, and thickly sliced tart apples like Honeycrisp or Granny Smith

1 cup chopped walnuts

1 cup raisins

Vanilla ice cream or whipped cream (optional)

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour a 9-inch tube pan. Beat the oil and sugar together in a mixer (fitted with a paddle attachment) while assembling the remaining ingredients. After about 5 minutes, add the eggs and beat until the mixture is creamy.

Sift together 3 cups of flour, the salt, cinnamon and baking soda. Stir into the batter. Add the vanilla, apples, walnuts and raisins and stir until combined.

Transfer the mixture to the prepared pan. Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in the pan before lifting out. Serve at room temperature with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream, if desired.