Sonny Maye's Famous Apple Cake

About 10 years ago, my dad found a recipe for an apple cake in an old church cookbook from the 1960s.  He tweaked it and created a masterpiece!  This cake has been requested for birthdays and is famous in Charles Town.  (okay maybe not famous but...)  This cake is moist, delicious and all around goodness on a plate!  It's my dad's culinary legacy.  And I love that I can carry on the legacy and share this amazing cake with my friends!

Cake:
4 cups diced raw apples
2 cups sugar
3 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoon cinnamon
pinch of nutmeg
2 eggs (or equivalent of egg replacer)
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup oil

 Combine apples and sugar and let stand for one hour.  Mix dry ingredients together.  Beat eggs, oil and vanilla.  Mix half of the dry ingredients and all the apples.  Add oil and egg mixture and rest of dry ingredients.  Mix well by hand.  Pour into 9X13 pan and bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour.

Topping:
1 cup brown sugar
1 stick margarine
1/4 cup milk (can use non-dairy or dairy milk)
1 teaspoon vanilla

Mix all ingredients together in saucepan.  Cook over medium heat for 2 to 3 minutes.   Pour over cake while hot.