Apple Pound Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 c. cooking oil (Crisco)
2 c. sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp. salt
3 c. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. vanilla
3 large apples, cut in small pieces
1 c. chopped pecans (optional)

Preparation

Combine oil, sugar, eggs and salt and beat for 3 minutes at medium speed.
Add flour, baking soda and vanilla.
Fold in apples and pecans.
Bake in tube pan that has been greased and floured. Bake about 1 hour and 20 minutes at 325\u00b0.
Cool 20 minutes before removing from pan.