Name: Ooey Gooey Chocolate Apple Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 15
Cuisine: Dessert
Ingredients: 3 large eggs; 2 C sugar; 1 C unsalted sweet cream butter; ½ C water; 1 tsp pure vanilla extract; 2 ½ C flour; ¼ C cocoa powder; 1 tsp baking soda; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 1 tsp allspice; ¼ tsp kosher salt; 2 C chopped gala apples; 1 C chocolate chips

Here’s an over-the-top ooey gooey chocolate cake that has a splash of healthy since it has apples in it. I suppose the apples don’t really make it healthy at all but it does add a layer of flavor. When you combine the chocolate, apples, and caramel you end up with a heavenly treat.

Gooey Chocolate Apple Cake Recipe

Baking Time: 55 minutes

Ingredients:

3 large eggs

2 C sugar

1 C unsalted sweet cream butter

½ C water

1 tsp pure vanilla extract

2 ½ C flour

¼ C cocoa powder

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1 tsp allspice

¼ tsp kosher salt

2 C chopped gala apples

1 C chocolate chips

13×9 cake pan

Caramel frosting:

1 C light brown sugar

½ C unsalted sweet cream butter

6 tbsp whole milk

2 tsp pure vanilla extract

2 C powdered sugar

Chocolate shavings

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 and spray a 13×9 baking pan with pam baking spray Using a medium bowl, whisk the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, cinnamon, allspice, and salt

Using a standing mixer, cream together the eggs, sugar, butter, water, and vanilla until combined and fluffy

Gradually mix in the dry ingredients

Fold in the chocolate chips.

Pour half the batter into the pan and sprinkle the apples evenly over the batter Pour the remaining batter over the apples.

Bake in the oven for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Remove and allow to cool while you make the caramel frosting.

Using a medium pot, heat the butter, brown sugar, and milk whisking constantly until it starts to boil.

Remove from the stove and stir in the vanilla and powdered sugar.

Pour the frosting onto the top of the cake and smooth it evenly.

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Sprinkle chocolate shavings over the top of the cake.

Enjoy!

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Yield: 15

Ooey Gooey Chocolate Apple Cake

Here's an over-the-top gooey chocolate cake with caramel frosting that has a splash of healthy since it has apples in it.

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 55 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes

Ingredients

3 large eggs
2 C sugar
1 C unsalted sweet cream butter
½ C water
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
2 ½ C flour
¼ C cocoa powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp allspice
¼ tsp kosher salt
2 C chopped gala apples
1 C chocolate chips

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 and spray a 13×9 baking pan with pam baking spray Using a medium bowl, whisk the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, cinnamon, allspice and salt

Using a standing mixer, cream together the eggs, sugar, butter, water, and vanilla until combined and fluffy.

Gradually mix in the dry ingredients

Fold in the chocolate chips

Pour half the batter into the pan and sprinkle the apples evenly over the batter Pour remaining batter over the apples

Bake in the oven for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean

Remove and allow to cool while you make the caramel frosting

Using a medium pot, heat the butter, brown sugar, and milk whisking constantly until it starts to boil

Remove from stove and stir in the vanilla

Pour the frosting onto the top of the cake and smooth evenly

Sprinkle chocolate shavings over the top of the cake .