Chocolate Apple Cake

1 cup oil,
3 eggs,
1 tsp cinnamon,
1 3/4 cups sugar,
2 cups self-rising flour,
12 oz pkg chocolate chips,
5 to 6 apples cut into small pieces.
Nuts and/or coconut optional.
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9x13" pan. Mix oil, eggs, cinnamon, and sugar. Fold in flour and mix thoroughly. Add choc. chips, apples, nuts, etc. and mix well. Pour into prepared pan. Bake about 50 minutes. (I put a sheet of aluminum foil on the shelf below to keep bottom from getting too brown.

Caramel Icing
1 1/2 cups sugar.
1/2 cup milk
1/2 stick oleo, vanilla.
Brown 1/4 cup sugar. Pour into syrup of sugar and milk already cooking. Cook until it reaches soft ball stage. Add oleo and vanilla. Beat until thick enough to spread.