My family REALLY liked this recipe! We have made it several times but usually add a frosting. Our favorite frosting is to take another cup or so of the choclate chips add about a tablespoon of crisco heat to melting point in microwave stir well.... then drizzle over the top and sides of the cake. PS: when adding the chips to the cake (not the frosting) you MAY want to add them AFTER you have poured the batter into the pan. Basically just sprinkle them on top and stir them only slightly into the batter. This way they may not settle as much toward the bottom. To me this cake tastes even better after it has been around for a day.
This recipe is one my family has used for over 30 years. My little sister won a blue ribbon at our county fair with it. I'll will note here that the nutmeg may be replaced with ground allspice for a nuance of flavor I prefer. As much as 1 cup of chopped nuts may be added if desired. A bundt pan may be used instead of the tube pan without making any change in time or temperature.
This is a great-tasting cake that my family loved. The recipe is very accommodating to variations as I discovered. You can halve proportions and bake in an 8x8 inch square pan. If you want to speed up baking time you can bake at 350 instead of 325 and start checking the center for done-ness at around 45 minutes. You can double the amount of cocoa and also increase the apples. I used all whole-wheat flour instead of white flour. I also substituted buttermilk for half the butter and the finished product was still extremely moist and delicious. The acidity in the buttermilk reacts with the baking soda so the flavor will not be sour and the reaction will also lighten the cake somewhat.
very good recipe..instead of white sugar i used brown and used 4 c grated apples instead of the 2 and i cooked it in a 13x9 inch pan for 50 minutes at 325...yummy
An interesting unusual and delicious cake that's not too difficult to make. Good for special occasions.
I found this recipe really spicey - but overall super delicious. I made it for the first time on a friday night by the end of the weekend - I had made it 3 times!! By the last one I used 1/2 a tsp of nutmeg. It was much better - you can taste the cinnamon and chocolate chips a lot more.
Excellent! Even after I made it more "healthy" it was still decadent. I double the apples (I used 4 apples finely dicing 2 and pureeing the other 2 in a food processor) and cut the butter in half. I also reduced the sugar to 1 1/2 cups (the apples are very sweet) and use whole wheat flour. I also reduced cooking time to 1 hour.
I loved this. The flavors work very well together and the cake is rich and moist.
I made this just for fun and it came out EXCELLENT! Completely random combination but it tastes amazing! I used 1 cup of mini semi sweet chocolate chips rather than the regular - which spreads the chocolate more throughout the cake. I also dusted with a light layer of powdered sugar. I finally had a recipe to share with my grandmother rather than begging her for something new to try!:)
I may have done something wrong when I made this but I found it very heavy. All the chocolate chips fell to the bottom of the cake too which I didn't really like. It is very moist and the cake itself has a nice spice flavor but I don't think I'll make this again.
