I haven't been home much recently to bake, but I did make this Fresh Apple Coffee Cake before I left for my father's last week. I drizzled it with melted semi-sweet chocolate before eating. Somehow the thought of pairing apples with chocolate seemed a little strange to me, but I actually liked it a lot - at least on this cake. It's a dense, substantial cake, and great with a cup of hot coffee. Fresh Apple Coffee Cake • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened • 1 cup sugar • 2 large eggs • 2 teaspoons vanilla • 2 2/3 cups all-purpose, unbleached flour • 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda • 1/2 teaspoon salt • 1 cup buttermilk • 2 cups peeled, finely chopped apples • 1 1/4 cup packed brown sugar • 1/2 cup chopped pecans • 1/3 cup all-purpose, unbleached flour • 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon • 1/3 cup melted, unsalted butter • 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate pieces • additional unsalted butter for melting with chocolate 1. Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan; set aside 2. In a large mixing bowl, beat together the 1/2 cup butter and 1 cup sugar with an electric mixer until well-combined. Beat in the eggs and vanilla. 3. Combine 2 2/3 cups flour, baking powder, soda and salt; add alternately to the beaten egg mixture with the buttermilk, beating until combined. Fold in the chopped apples. 4. In a medium bowl, combine brown sugar, pecans, 1/3 cup flour and cinnamon. Mix in the 1/3 cup of melted butter. 5. Place about 2 cups cake batter in the prepared pan and spread evenly. Sprinkle with 1/2 of the crumb mixture; repeat layers. Bake in a 350˚F oven for about 70 minutes, or until a wooden skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing the cake from pan; cool on a wire rack. 6. Melt the 1/2 cup chocolate pieces with enough butter to give it a drizzling consistancy. Drizzle over top of cake.
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11/2/2009 12:40:48 am
I made Teddie's Apple Cake this weekend. It's a recipe from the NYTimes recipe archive. Pretty darn good, but I'm looking for the best recipe, so your's is next on my list to make.
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11/3/2009 08:24:52 pm
Apple & Chocolate? I think chocolate goes with practically everything. Looks delicious.
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