Cranberry Apple Cake

Ingredients:

• 1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
• 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar packed
• 4 eggs
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg
• 3 apples peeled and diced
• 6 ounces dried cranberries
• 1/4 cup brown sugar packed
• 2 1/2 tablespoons light cream
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2/3 cup icing sugar

Steps:

• For the cake
• preheat the oven to 325 degrees F and grease and flour a 10 tube pan
• Beat the oil
• sugars and eggs in a large mixing bowl
• Combine the next six ingredients in a separate bowl
• Add to the wet ingredients along with the apples and cranberries
• stirring until moistened
• Spread the batter in the prepared pan
• Bake for 1-1/2 hours or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean
• Cool for 20 minutes in the pan
• then transfer to a wire rack and cool completely
• For the frosting
• heat the first three ingredients in a saucepan over medium heat
• stirring until the sugar is dissolved and the mixture comes to a boil
• Cool to room temperature
• Add enough icing sugar to make a drizzling consistency
• beating until smooth
• Drizzle over the cake and decorate as desired