Chocolate and Apple Cake

Ingredients

Serves: 24

• 2 cups (250g) plain flour
• 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 125g butter
• 1 1/2 cups (345g) white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla essence
• 2 cups stewed apples
• 1 cup dark chocolate chips

Preparation method

Prep: 20 minutes | Cook: 35 minutes

1.

Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Grease and flour a 22x32cm cake tin.

2.

Sift together the flour, cocoa, bicarbonate of soda and salt. Set aside.

3.

In a large bowl cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy using an electric mixer set on medium speed. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Blend in the vanilla essence. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the stewed apples.

4.

Pour the batter into a 20x30cm baking dish. Sprinkle with the chocolate chips. Bake at 180 degrees C for 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean. Cool in the cake tin on a cake rack.