Apple Cake

FRESH APPLE CAKE
recipe courtesy of the town of Ellijay, Georgia

3 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup vegetable or canola oil
3 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. cinnamon
3 cups peeled, diced apples

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat eggs well. Add sugar 1/2 cup at a time, beating well. Add vanilla and oil. In a medium bowl, sift dry ingredients together. Add flour mixture 1/2 cup at a time, until fully incorporated. Fold in apples. Bake in a greased bundt or tube pan for 1 hour. Cool in pan for 15 minutes and then transfer to wire rack.