Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Step 2

Peel, core and dice apples.

Step 3

Add apples to a large bowl with sugar, vegetable oil, pecans, eggs and vanilla.

Step 4

Mix with a wooden spoon until well combined.

Step 5

In a separate large bowl, add flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt. Whisk together.

Step 6

Add dry ingredients into wet ingredients and stir until well combined.

Step 7

Spray a 13" x 9" or 10" springform cake pan with non-stick cooking spray.

Step 8

Pour in cake batter and bake for fifty minutes to one hour. A toothpick inserted should come out clean when it's done.

Step 9

Garnish with powdered sugar if desired. Great warm or at room temperature.