Apple Cake

3 eggs

2 cups sugar

1 cup vegetable oil

2 cups all purpose flour

2 teaspoons cinnamon

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 cup shopped walnuts

4 cups thinly sliced pared tart apples (5 medium)

Beat eggs with a mixer until thick and light. Combine sugar and oil. Pour into eggs with mixer on medium speed. Stir together flour, cinnamon, soda and salt. Add to egg mixture with vanilla: beat to mix. Stir in Walnuts. Spread apples in a buttered 13x9x2 inch pan. Pour better over apples, spreading to cover. Bake in a 350 degree oven for one hour. Remove from oven and cool. Spread cream cheese icing.

Cream cheese Icing: Soften 2 3-ounce packages of cream cheese. Beat until fluffy. Beat in 1/4 cup melted butter; then beat in 2 cups powdered sugar and 1 teaspoon lemon juice. Spread over cooled cake. Refrigerate. Makes 12-15 servings.