5 eggs
2 cups green Virginia apples, chopped fine (Golden Delicious or Granny Smith)
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon each cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves
3 cups flour
1 cup margarine
1 heaping teaspoon soda (dissolved in 1/2 cup cold water)

Cream margarine and sugar. Add eggs one at a time. Add spices that have been mixed in 1/2 cup of the flour. Then add the soda (dissolved in cold water), chopped apples and the rest of the flour. Bake in 13x9x2" sheet cake pan in 325 degree oven for approximately 30 minutes or until done.

Topping for Green Apple Cake
1 cup coconut
4 tablespoons milk
1 cup light brown sugar
Dash of salt
3/4 stick margarine

Combine all ingredients and cook over medium heat until sugar melts, keeping it stirred. Spread over warm cake and return to oven under broiler to brown top of cake. Cool and cut into squares.