Apple/Pear cakes

2 cups sugar
1 cup veggie oil
3 eggs
3 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
6 medium apples diced and cored (can use 3 pears/3 apples instead)
1 cup chopped nuts
2 tsp vanilla extract

Topping
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup milk

preheat oven 350. grease 9x13 backing dish or approx 10 muffin tins.
mix sugar, oil, eggs well. add flour, baking soda, salt, apples, nuts, & vanilla--beat until combined thoroughly.

scrape out batter and put in dish/muffin tins.

bake for 1 hour.

topping: boil ingredients for 2 1/2 minutes using double boiler method.

remove cake and immediately poke hole in top with toothpicks. pour topping over cake.

makes 8-12 servings.