Apple Coconut Cake

3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup vegetable oil
3 eggs
2 1/4 cups sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups chopped pecans
3 cups cooking apples; peeled and chopped
1/2 cup flaked coconut


Brown sugar glaze; see recipe for
Combine flour, soda, and salt; stir well, and set aside. Combine oil, eggs, sugar, and vanilla; beat at medium speed of an electric mixer 2 minutes. Add flour mixture; beat at low speed just until blended. Fold in pecans, apples, and coconut. (batter will be stiff). Spoon batter into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan. Bake at 350-degrees for 1 hour and 25- 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes; remove from pan and place on serving plate. Immediately drizzle brown sugar glaze over cake while both are until warm.