Paula Deen'S Fresh Apple Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 tablespoons sugar
3 cups sugar
3 teaspoons cinnamon
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
3 eggs
3 cups chopped apples (about 3 apples)
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup raisins
prepared frosting, melted (from a can)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 325\u00b0F Grease 10\" tube pan, combine 3 Tablespoons sugar with 1 teaspoon cinnamon, coat pan with sugar mixture.
Mix flour, soda, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon; set aside. Beat oil and sugar until blended. Beat in eggs, one at a time, and then stir in apples and vanilla. Add flour mixture until blended; stir in pecans and raisins.
Transfer to pan and then drop and shake the pan to release bubbles.
Bake 1 1/2 hours - 1 3/4 hours until toothpick comes out clean. Cool on rack 15 minutes, remove from pan and glaze.