Chocolate Apple Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter the bottom and sides of a 9-inch springform pan and dust all sides with the crushed vanilla wafers; set aside. Sift the flour and baking powder together in a small bowl and set aside.
• Using a mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, whisk the eggs on high speed until pale and very thick, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, melt the butter in a medium saucepan and cook, scraping the sides and bottom of the pan to prevent burning, until the butter browns and smells nutty, 6 to 8 minutes.
• Add 3/4 cup of the granulated sugar to the eggs. Add one-third of the flour mixture, then half of the butter, another third of the flour, the remaining butter and the rest of flour, mixing between additions. Whisk until just barely combined. Using a spatula, gently fold the batter until the ingredients are combined. It is very important not to over-whisk or over-fold the batter or it will lose volume. Pour into the prepared pan.
• In a medium bowl, toss the apples, cinnamon, lemon zest and remaining 2 teaspoons granulated sugar and pour on top of the batter. Sprinkle on the chocolate chips and bake until the cake is golden brown and springs back to the touch, 40 to 50 minutes. Release the pan when cooled and sprinkle the cake with confectioners' sugar.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour one 9 or 10 inch tube pan.
• In a large bowl cream the butter or margarine with the sugar. Beat in the eggs then add the water and the vanilla.
• Stir the flour, cocoa, baking soda, ground cinnamon and ground nutmeg together. Beat this mixture into the creamed mixture. Stir in the chopped apples and the semisweet chocolate chips. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until the cake tests done when a toothpick is inserted near the center. Transfer to a rack to cool. Makes about 16 servings.

Steps:

• Place pie filling in a blender; cover and process until the apples are in 1/4-in. chunks. Pour into a large bowl; add cake mix and eggs. Beat on medium speed for 5 minutes. Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Sprinkle with nuts and chocolate chips., Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool completely on a wire rack before cutting.

Steps:

• Cream together until fluffy the eggs, sugar, butter or margarine, and water.
• In another bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa, baking soda, and spices.
• Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture and mix well.
• Fold in chocolate chips, apple, and vanilla extract. Stir until these ingredients are evenly distributed.
• Spoon into greased, floured 10 inch bundt or loose bottom tube pan.
• Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for 60 to 70 minutes until cake tests done.

Steps:

• Preheat oven 350 degrees, and grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan.
• In a medium bowl whisk the flour, soda, cocoa cinnamon, zest and salt.
• In your mixer bowl cream the butter and sugar at high speed until very very light and fluffy.
• Beat in each egg one at a time, making sure each is blended well.
• Lower the speed on your mixer and add 1/3 of the dry with 1/2 of the applesauce, beat only to combine.
• Add the next third of flour the last of the applesauce, blend and then the last of the flour mixture.
• Remembering to beat only to combine and don't over beat.
• Fold in the raisins and walnuts.
• Pour into prepared pan evenly.
• Bake 1 1/2 hours until it pulls away from side of pan, or tester comes away clean.
• This cake will only rise halfway up the pan.
• Cool in pan 20 minutes.
• Invert and cool completely on wire rack.
• Just a note:.
• Grandma greases the tube pan, places a piece of parchment on bottom then greases and flours it and the sides of the pan. That way it falls out of the pan all the time, and then she runs a knife around the edges, turns it onto the rack and removes the paper.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8x8-inch baking dish and set aside.
• Stir zucchini, apple, eggs, brown sugar, olive oil, and vanilla extract together in a bowl.
• Sift whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, kosher salt, and baking powder together in a separate bowl; gently stir into the zucchini and apple mixture until fully incorporated. Spoon batter into prepared baking dish. Sprinkle chocolate chunks and pepitas over the batter.
• Bake in preheated oven until a tester comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Let cool before slicing.