Cream sugar and oil. Stir in eggs. Sift together flour and soda. Combine these ingredients with vanilla, apples and nuts, and mix well. Pour batter into lightly greased tube pan and bake in 325° oven for 1 hour. Then pour the following syrup over cake and let stand 2 hours before , removing cake from pan.

For the Syrup: Combine brown sugar, milk and butter or margarine in saucepan and boil for 3 minutes. Pour hot mixture over warm cake.