Santori Recipe
- 3 cups sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
- 3/4 cup vegetable oil
- 3 large eggs
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
- 4 large Granny Smith apples
- 1 1/2 cups walnuts
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- Accompaniment: vanilla ice cream or whipped cream
- Preheat oven to 300°F. and butter a 13- by 9- by 2-inch glass baking dish. Into a large bowl sift together sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt and whisk in oil, eggs, and vanilla until smooth. Peel and core apples and slice about 1/4 inch thick (there should be about 6 cups). Coarsely chop walnuts. Add apples and walnuts to batter and stir until coated well. Stir in flour just until combined well and spread batter evenly in baking dish.
- Bake cake in middle of oven 1 hour and 40 to 50 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean, and cool completely in baking dish on a rack. Cake keeps, wrapped in plastic wrap and chilled, 1 week.
- Cut apple walnut cake into squares and serve at room temperature with ice cream or whipped cream.
