Break out this easy apple cake recipe the next time you’re craving a no-fuss fall dessert. With tart apples, warm cinnamon and some walnuts thrown in for good measure, it’s a quintessential fall bake.

Ingredients

• 1-3/4 cups sugar
• 1 cup canola oil
• 3 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1-1/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups finely chopped peeled tart apples
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1-1/4 cups whipped topping

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, beat the sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla until well blended. Combine the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and baking soda; gradually beat into sugar mixture until blended. Fold in apples and walnuts.
2. Transfer to a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 35-45 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. Serve with whipped topping.