3 cup all purpose flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 cup pecans, chopped 1 cup vegetable oil 2 cup sugar 3 eggs 2 teaspoon vanilla 3 cups raw apples, peeled and chopped fine Sauce: 1 cup packed brown sugar (for sauce) ¼ cup milk (for sauce) ¾ cup butter or margarine(1 -1/2 sticks) (for sauce)

Mix oil, sugar, eggs and vanilla. Sift together flour, salt, soda. Add to first mixture. Fold in pecans and apples. Bake in tube pan at 350 for 1 hour. For the sauce, mix and cook ingredients 3 minutes after it begins to gently boil, stirring constantly. Pour over hot cake while cake is still in pan. Let cake cool completely before removing.