Now that we have a lot of apples around, it is time to be productive. So we got into the pie-making mode, and froze and shared our apple pies, pies with top crusts and pies with Dutch crispy tops. Then there was that cocoa apple cake my daughter's mom-in-law supplied the recipe for--I had baked one of those years ago, and lost the recipe. So she sent it to me, and voila--a really yummy cake to make! Best of all, it combines two of my favorite ingredients, chocolate and apples.
Cocoa Apple Cake
Cream together:
3 eggs
2 cups sugar
1/2 pound butter, softened
1/2 cup water
Sift together:
2 and 1/2 cups flour
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon allspice
Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture.
Fold in:
2 cups chopped apples
1 cup chopped nuts (I use pecans)
1/2 cup chocolate chips (use the good ones)
1 tablespoon vanilla
Mix well, and put into a greased and floured bundt pan.
Bake at 325 degrees for 60-70 minutes until testing done.
Let rest on rack to cool for 10 minutes, invert onto a serving plate and you can dust it with powdered sugar.
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