Old-Fashioned Fresh Apple Cake

This cake is sooooooooooo good. This recipe comes from my Grandma Cothran, who was an excellent baker (and cook, for that matter). But, I think everyone's grandmother probably had some version of this recipe. It must have been a standard back in the day.

Old-Fashioned Fresh Apple Cake
1-1/2 cups oil
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
3 cups apples, peeled and grated
1 cup coconut
1 cup raisins, optional
1 cup nuts, chopped
3 cups flour
1 tsp soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp vanilla

1. Combine oil, sugar and eggs. Add apples, coconut and nuts. Stir thoroughly.
2. Add soda, salt, cinnamon and vanilla and stir.
3. Stir in flour until batter is very stiff.
4. Bake at 350 degrees in a bundt pan for 1 hour.