Chocolate Apple Mini Coffee Cakes
Instead of using a standard 10 inch bundt pan, I decided to christen my new "square muffin tins" to bake my version of an old apple coffeecake recipe. Yup, I once again gave into temptation and bought more bakeware. What can I say, the "square muffin tin pans" were calling out to me with visions of mini cakes just waiting to be baked. Thank goodness I had just redone my little pantry and managed to make room for my latest acquisitions. Given my need for a chocolate fix, I altered the original apple coffee cake recipe quite a bit. I added deep dark Dutch cocoa, pecans and raisins to compliment the apples. Deciding to diminish the amount of oil in the recipe, I added an extra egg. I suggest you fill the mini tins to the top as the batter doesn't rise much while baking. The batter is rather thick, and appears crumbly but bakes up perfectly rich and moist with chunks of apples with every bite. Also delicious slightly re-heated in the microwave with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Total Steps
8
Ingredients
13
Tools Needed
8
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup dark Dutch cocoa
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 cup raisins
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 3 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup canola oil or vegetable oil
- 4 cups peeled and diced apples
Instructions
Step 1
In a large bowl, sift the all purpose flour, dark Dutch cocoa, soda, salt, and cinnamon to blend them.
Step 2
Add the raisins, chopped pecans, and dark chocolate chips to the dry ingredients and toss to combine.
Step 3
In a separate bowl, beat the eggs. Then add the sugar, vanilla extract, and canola oil or vegetable oil.
Step 4
Beat the wet ingredients until well combined.
Step 5
Gradually blend the wet egg mixture into the dry ingredients.
Step 6
Mix in the diced apple pieces until just combined. The batter will appear thick and crumbly.
Step 7
Spoon the batter into 24 prepared square muffin tins, filling them to the top (the batter will not rise much during baking). Alternatively, spoon the batter into a prepared 10-inch tube pan.
Step 8
Preheat oven to 350°F. Bake the mini coffee cakes for 35 minutes. If baking a larger cake in a tube pan, bake for about 50-60 minutes.