Chocolate Chip Apple Cake

Chocolate apple cake with apples to add moistness to the spicy batter and chocolate chips to further enhance the flavor. Delicious yet easy and quick.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 15 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins
• Calories: 396 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• ½ cup water
• 3 large eggs
• 2 cups apples - peeled, cored and finely diced

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour one 9- or 10-inch tube pan.

Step 2

Cream butter with sugar in a large bowl. Beat in eggs, then add water and vanilla.

Step 3

Stir flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and nutmeg together. Beat this mixture into the creamed mixture just to combine.

Step 4

Stir in chopped apples and chocolate chips. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.

Step 5

Bake until the cake tests done when a toothpick is inserted near the center, about 1 hour 15 minutes. Transfer to a rack to cool.