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Chocolate Apple Cake by Women's Institute

Apple, celery and parnsip soup

Ingredients

  • Cake
  • 250g flour
  • 25g cocoa
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp bicorbonate of soda
  • 100g softened butter
  • 250g caster sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • A few drops of vanilla essence
  • 175ml milk
  • 2 cooking apples
  • Topping
  • 450g icing sugar
  • 25g cocoa
  • 50g softened butter
  • 90ml milk

  • 8" square tin, lined with greaseproof paper

Instructions

Step 1
Peel, core and thinly slice apples.

Step 2
Sift flour, cocoa, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda in a bowl. Set aside.

Step 3
Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time with vanilla essence.

Step 4
Whisk a little of the flour mixture and milk alternately into egg mixture, mixing well after each addition.

Step 5
Stir in chopped apples and spoon mixture into tin.

Step 6
Bake in the oven at 180℃ / gas 7 / 350℉ for 50 minutes.

Step 7
Leave for 5 minutes before turning out. Cool completely and pour over icing.