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Home » Recipes » Dessert Recipes » Cake Recipes » Old-Fashioned Chocolate Apple Cake

Old-Fashioned Chocolate Apple Cake

By Lynette on April 8, 2022 · Leave a Comment

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You’re going to love the combination of apples and chocolate! This recipe for a chocolate apple cake creates a dense, delicious dessert that is sure to please. And is unique enough that everyone will be wanting the recipe!

slice of chocolate apple cake on plate

Why make this cake

Every once in a while you stumble onto a recipe that sounds delicious – but also unique and intriguing. This was one of those recipes for me. While I love chocolate cake – and I love a good apple cake I had never tried a chocolate apple cake.

And let me tell you – the delicious flavors with the walnuts really come together in this amazing recipe. It’s a moist, dense cake that will have you going back for a second slice!

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Ingredients

Just a few simple pantry ingredients are needed to make this recipe. In fact, the only thing I needed at the store was the apples!

  • chopped nuts (I chose Walnuts, but you can leave them out if you’re nutless.)
  • Fresh Apples
  • All-Purpose Flour
  • Sugar
  • Baking Soda
  • Cocoa Powder
  • Salt
  • Cinnamon
  • Nutmeg
  • Allspice
  • Eggs
  • Vegetable Oil
adding apples and nuts to batter

Step by step directions

Follow along as I share with you how to make this chocolate apple cake whether you’re making it for fun or for a potluck to share with others.

  1. Prep: Preheat oven to 350˚ F. Grease a 9x13x2 inch pan.
  2. Batter: Sift together the flour, sugar, baking soda, cocoa powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice. Beat in the eggs, oil and 1 cup of the apples in a large mixing bowl. Beat for 3 minutes on medium speed.
  3. Combine: Stir in the remaining apples and nuts. Pour into the 9×13 baking pan.
  4. Bake: Bake for 40-50 minutes in a preheated 350˚F oven. You will know it is down when a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake is clean.
baked apple cake in baking pan

Recipe Tips

Sifting the Flour: While I sometimes skip that step, in this recipe because of it’s moist composition, you’ll want to sift together the dry ingredients to guarantee an even batter throughout cake.

Beat for 3 minutes: It sounds like a long time, but you’ll find that the batter changes color as you mix, so make sure to set that timer and so that it is mixed well for those 3 minutes.

Types of Baking Apples: I prefer to use a more tart apple in my baking. Because of this my go-to are Granny Smith and most preferably Jonagold when they are in season.

More Delicious Apple Desserts

  • Old Fashioned Apple Dumplings
  • Apple Pie Filling Coffee Cake
  • Award Winning Easy Apple Cake Recipe
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Chocolate Apple Cake

  • Author: Lynette
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 50 minutes
  • Total Time: 1 hour
  • Yield: 18 1x
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: Oven
  • Cuisine: American
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Description

You’re going to love the combination of apples and chocolate! This recipe for a chocolate apple cake creates a dense, delicious dessert that is sure to please. And is unique enough that everyone will be wanting the recipe!


Ingredients

Units Scale
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 ½ cups sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ¼ cup cocoa
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon nutmeg
  • ¼ teaspoon allspice
  • 2 large eggs
  • ¾ cup vegetable oil
  • 3 cups apples, diced and divided
  • 1 cup nuts, finally chopped

Instructions

  1. Prep: Preheat oven to 350˚ F. Grease a 9x13x2 inch pan.
  2. Sift: Sift together the flour, sugar, baking soda, cocoa powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice.
    dry ingredients to be sifted
  3. Beat Together: Beat in the eggs, oil and 1 cup of the apples. Beat for 3 minutes on medium speed.
    batter in mixing bowl with mixer
  4. Combine: Stir in the remaining apples and nuts. Pour into the baking pan.
    adding apples and nuts to batter
  5. Bake: Bake for 40-50 minutes in a preheated 350˚F oven.  It is done when a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
    baked cake in 9x13 dish

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Notes

Beat for 3 minutes: It sounds like a long time, but you’ll find that the batter changes color as you mix, so make sure to set that timer and so that it is mixed well for those 3 minutes.


Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 slice
  • Calories: 247
  • Sugar: 19.1
  • Sodium: 207.9
  • Fat: 14.3
  • Carbohydrates: 31.9
  • Protein: 3
  • Cholesterol: 20.7

Keywords: Chocolate Apple Cake, Chocolate Walnut Apple Cake

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Lynette is the home cook, recipe tester and photographer for Cleverly Simple which she created in 2010.  Most of her recipes come from the treasured recipe box passed down from her great-grandma, grandmother, and mother.

Lynette’s recipes and projects have been featured in Country Living, Good Housekeeping, House Beautiful and others.

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