Everyone can make an apple cake, but the light trend wants it with little sugar, no eggs, no butter, but I wonder… then what do you put in it? My Chocolate Apple Cake is made with all the right ingredients and is quite caloric because, in my opinion, it just takes moderation… a little but good! The procedure and ingredients are the same as the Delicious Apple Cake which I modified by adding unsweetened cocoa. Prepare it with me…
Other apple desserts
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Affordable
- Preparation time: 30 Minutes
- Portions: 8
- Cooking methods: Electric oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
- Energy 495.53 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 68.83 (g) of which sugars 41.74 (g)
- Proteins 7.24 (g)
- Fat 23.79 (g) of which saturated 14.87 (g)of which unsaturated 8.65 (g)
- Fibers 5.10 (g)
- Sodium 81.51 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 135 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
- 5 Golden apples
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup cornstarch
- 1/2 vanilla bean
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup sugar
- 7/8 cup butter
- 3 eggs
- 1 packet baking powder for desserts
- 8 g lemon zest (grated)
- 2 3/4 tbsp lemon juice
- 1/4 tsp fine salt
- 2 tsp brown sugar
Tools
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- Pan round, 8.5 inches in diameter
- Bowl
- Electric whisk
- Spatula
- Sifter
Steps
Preheat the oven in static mode and bring it to 350°F. Prepare the apples, cut 3 into pieces and 2 into slices, and leave them in a bowl soaked with lemon juice. Butter and flour a round baking pan of 8.5 inches in diameter. Melt the butter in the microwave and let it cool. With the electric whisks, beat the eggs with sugar to a creamy consistency, ensuring the mixture is fluffy and falls from the whisks in ribbons. Add the vanilla pulp, a pinch of salt, and the grated lemon zest. In a bowl, sift and mix the dry ingredients (flour, cornstarch, baking powder, and cocoa), and gradually add them to the mixture using a spatula from bottom to top. Pour a few tablespoons of butter at a time and incorporate them using the spatula, do not add more until the first is absorbed. Set aside 3 tablespoons for the end.
Add the chunked apples to the batter, mix them into the mixture, and pour it into the pan. Arrange the apple slices on top in a circle, drizzle the remaining melted butter over the apples, and sprinkle with brown sugar. Bake and let cook for 50 minutes, checking the doneness. Turn off the oven, leave the door ajar for 5 minutes, remove from the oven, let it cool, and… tell me if you liked my Chocolate Apple Cake!
