Apple Cake

2 cups diced apples
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup salad oil
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
nuts

Mix diced apples and sugar and let stand for 20 minutes. Sift flour, soda and salt together. Mix salad oil and egg together and add to flour mixture. Add apples and nuts. Bake for 45 minutes at 350 degrees.

(Grandma did not have any measurements for the icing - she new a dash of this or a dollop of that and the list on ingredients was merely a reminder for her use.)
Icing:
confectioners' sugar
oleo
milk
maple flavoring