How To Make Apple Chocolate Cake

16 February 2024 Bookmark • 0

This autumn-inspired Apple Chocolate Cake recipe is loaded with chunks of tender apple, spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg, and coated in melted dark chocolate.

You men recognize how much i love to bake and we've got just transitioned to what i really like to name “the baking season”, so today i've a fall-inspired cake recipe that I’m excited to proportion with you.

Apples display screen fall to me so I combined my love for baking, chocolate and apples, and created this sinful Apple Chocolate Cake. The center of the cake is gooey and moist, loaded with chunks of tender apples, the batter is spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg, and the whole cake is coated in melted darkish chocolate. each bite is chocolatey, extraordinary soft, and melts on your mouth. And not to say my house smells ah-mazing after I bake it.

Baking a scrumptious cake like this is feasible the use of actual meals ingredients and for me there’s no want to apply the conventional wheat flours and subtle sugars/oils that are relatively inflammatory. I’m serving this Apple Chocolate Cake at my vacation parties this year to expose my buddies and circle of relatives how to make the holiday season flavorful and healthier. i'm hoping you attempt it. experience

INGREDIENTS:

3 cups (342g) blanched almond flour
1/2 cup (46g) raw cacao powder
1/2 cup (66g) unrefined coconut sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon fine Himalayan salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
3 eggs, room temperature
1/2 cup (105g) coconut oil, melted
1/2 cup (120g) unsweetened apple sauce
2 tablespoons (46g) raw honey
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups (175g) apple, thinly sliced

Topping:

1 cup (190g) semisweet mini chocolate chips, or your favorite chocolate bar chopped into small pieces (or you can make my Chocolate Fudge Topping - click here for recipe)
1 teaspoon coconut oil, melted
apple slices

INSTRUCTIONS:

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease the bottom and sides of an 8-inch round cake pan with coconut oil and place a piece of parchment paper on the bottom.
In a large bowl mix together the dry ingredients - almond flour, cacao powder, coconut sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and baking soda.
In a separate bowl whisk the eggs using a whisk, then add the coconut oil, apple sauce, honey and vanilla, and whisk to combine.
Using a spatula mix together the wet and dry ingredients to form a batter. Gently mix the apple slices in the batter, and spread the mixture evenly in the prepared pan. Bake for 20 to 30 minutes or until a stick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow cake to cool completely in the pan over a cooling rack.

Topping:

Melt the chocolate slowly in a double boiler. Stir in the coconut oil and spread the chocolate over the cake. Decorate your cake with apple slices and chocolate shavings if you like.