A truly delicious and beautiful breakfast to see, Apple Cocoa Cupcakes Baked in an Apple. Some time ago, I also published a similar recipe but without cocoa, namely the Single-Serving Cake in an Apple without a Scale. In this case, however, I used the scale because with the same batter I also made a moist apple cake. I will write you the recipe later. Personally, I love this type of recipe both because I adore apples like most people and because with very few steps you get a fantastic and fragrant single-serving cupcake for breakfast and a snack. Apple cakes, as we all know, are all extremely good but baking the cake in the apple, I assure you, has something extra. Try it and let me know. If you’re looking for a Halloween idea for your kids, this could be a different idea. That is, use the same cocoa batter with the red apple and some Halloween decorations on top.
If you are a fan of apple recipes, also read:
- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very cheap
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 4
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Autumn, Winter, and Spring
- Energy 516.32 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 85.53 (g) of which sugars 57.95 (g)
- Proteins 8.62 (g)
- Fat 18.41 (g) of which saturated 4.73 (g)of which unsaturated 12.97 (g)
- Fibers 8.55 (g)
- Sodium 52.01 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 250 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients
- 4 apples
- 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1/3 cup cornstarch
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup sunflower oil
- 1 packet baking powder
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 small pat butter
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 4 meringues (for decoration)
Tools
- Apple Corer
- Parchment Paper
- Electric Whisks
Steps
First, wash the apple and cut off the top part of the stem.
Remove the core.
Hollow out the apple with a teaspoon.
Do the same with the other apples.
Cut the pulp into pieces.
Pour the pulp into a pan and add the brown sugar
A small pat of butter
and a tablespoon of cinnamon.
Cook for a few minutes until the sugar and butter melt.
Prepare the cake by placing eggs and sugar in a bowl.
Beat until the mixture doubles in volume and becomes pale and frothy.
Continuously beat while slowly adding the oil.
Now add the sifted flour,
the sifted cocoa
the milk
the sifted cornstarch
the sifted baking powder.
Add the cooked apple pulp.
Fill the apples up to 1 cm from the edge and bake in a preheated oven at 350°F for 35 minutes
Take the apples out of the oven
crumble meringue over the apples and serve
I recommend consuming these filled apples the same day or at most the day after
