Chocolate Apple Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan. Sift together the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt in a bowl. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, using an electric mixer set on medium speed. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Blend in the vanilla extract. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the applesauce.
• Pour the batter into a 9x13 inch baking pan. Sprinkle with the chocolate chips and chopped walnuts. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool in the pan on a wire rack.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325 degrees. Brush a 9 1/2-inch kugel-hopf ring mold or Bundt pan with soft butter. Coat with 1/4 cup superfine sugar; tap out excess sugar; set mold aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine the butter and remaining 2 cups superfine sugar. Beat on medium speed, scraping down the sides with a rubber spatula, until mixture is light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add the eggs, and beat 2 to 3 minutes more. Fold in the applesauce, being careful not to overmix.
• In a large bawl, sift together the flour, cocoa powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, salt, and baking powder.
• Fold the flour mixture into applesauce mixture. Add the vanilla, Calvados, and chocolate pieces; mix until just combined. Pour batter into prepared pan; use a rubber spatula to clean bowl and smooth top.
• Bake until cake pulls away from sides of pan and is springy to the touch or until a cake tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 2 hours. Transfer to a wire tack to cool slightly; turn out cake; let cool completely.
• Sift confectioners' sugar over cooled cake. Pour cider glaze over top of cake, allowing to drip down sides. Garnish with apple chips and crystallized ginger. Serve cake with whipped cream, if desired.

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 the oven to 350.
• Grease a 9x13" pan.
• Cream together the butter, sugar and brown sugar.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well.
• Sift together the flour, cinnamon, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
• Add to the creamed mixture alternately with the milk.
• Fold in apples.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
• In a bowl, mix the topping ingredients well, then sprinkle evenly over the batter.
• Bake for 45-50 minutes.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Beat first 6 ingredients in large bowl with mixer until blended. Stir in remaining ingredients.
• Pour into greased and floured 10-inch tube pan or 12-cup fluted tube pan.
• Bake 50 min. to 1 hour or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean.
• Cool cake in pan 15 min. Loosen cake from sides of pan with knife. Invert cake onto wire rack; gently remove pan. Cool cake completely.

Steps:

• For the chocolate apple pie cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Use the butter to grease the bottom and sides of a 9-inch cake pan or springform pan. Cut out a circle of parchment paper to fit the pan and place it on the bottom.
• In a large bowl, prepare the cake batter as instructed on the box. Pour 1 cup of the batter into the cake pan and spread it out. Add the apple pie on top of the cake batter, then pour the rest of the cake batter over the top and around the sides. Spread it to make sure there are no air pockets.
• Bake the cake until a toothpick inserted in the center and around the edges comes out clean, 50 to 55 minutes. Remove to a rack to cool slightly. When cool enough to handle, turn the cake out onto the rack, peel off the parchment paper and allow to cool completely.
• For the ganache: Pour the chocolate chips into a medium bowl. In a small pot on medium heat, add the heavy cream, rum and a pinch of salt and whisk until warm. Pour over the bowl of chips and allow to sit and soak in for 2 minutes. Whisk to melt the chocolate completely.
• Place the cake on a serving platter, pour the ganache in the center and spread gently outward over the edges. Sprinkle with the pecans and serve.

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:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Line a 23cm loose-bottomed cake tin with baking parchment. In a large bowl, beat together the eggs and sugar until thick and pale, about 5 mins. Pour in the oil and stir well to combine.
• Sieve in the dry ingredients and fold through until the mixture is smooth and well combined before adding the apples.
• Carefully pour the mixture into the tin and bake for 45-50 mins. Leave to cool slightly before turning out onto a cooling rack. Once the cake is cool, dust with icing sugar and cinnamon.

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:

• In a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine dry ingredients; add to the creamed mixture alternately with applesauce. Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Combine topping ingredients; sprinkle over batter. Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.