Oregon Fresh Apple Cake with Butter Sauce(1980)

• 
  2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 cup shortening
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups flour
• 2 tspns baking soda
• 1 tspn cinnamon
• 1/2 tspn salt
• 4 cups chopped cooking apples
• 1 cup chopped nuts
• Apple cake sauce (see below) 

Cream together sugar, shortening, and eggs. Sift the dry ingredients and add to mixture. Add chopped apples and nuts. Baked in a greased 9-x-13-inch pan for 45 minutes at 350 degrees.

Apple cake sauce

• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cu butter
• 1/2 whipping cream
• 1/2 tspn vanilla 

In a small pan, combine sugars, butter, and whipping cream. Bring mixture to a boil, and then add vanilla. Pour sauce over individual servings of cake. It may be served warm or cold, but is particularly good warm. Serves 12.

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(Origin - "A Taste of Oregon" published by the Junior League of Eugene, Oregon, 1980.)