Name: Spiced apple cake with chocolate cream-cheese icing
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 10-12
Ingredients: Cooking oil spray, for greasing; 2 cups plain flour; 2 Tbsp cocoa powder; 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 1 tsp baking powder; 2 tsp ground cinnamon; 1 tsp ground ginger; 250g unsalted butter, chopped, softened; 2 cups firmly packed brown sugar; 2 eggs; 3 (600g) green apples, peeled, cored, coarsely grated; Icing sugar mixture, for dusting; Chocolate cream-cheese icing; 250g cream cheese, chopped, softened; 100g butter, chopped, softened; 1 tsp milk; 100g dark chocolate, melted,at room temperature; 2 cups icing sugar mixture; 2 Tbsp cocoa powder

Spiced apple cake with chocolate cream-cheese icing

With apple, ginger and cinnamon, plus a lovely indulgent icing, this cake is sugar and spice and all things nice!

Serves 10-12

Prep

20M

Cook

35M

Total

55M

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Ingredients

Cooking oil spray, for greasing

2 cups plain flour

2 Tbsp cocoa powder

1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

1 tsp baking powder

2 tsp ground cinnamon

1 tsp ground ginger

250g unsalted butter, chopped, softened

2 cups firmly packed brown sugar

2 eggs

3 (600g) green apples, peeled, cored, coarsely grated

Icing sugar mixture, for dusting

Chocolate cream-cheese icing

250g cream cheese, chopped, softened

100g butter, chopped, softened

1 tsp milk

100g dark chocolate, melted,at room temperature

2 cups icing sugar mixture

2 Tbsp cocoa powder

Method

Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease two 20cm round cake tins with cooking oil spray and line base and side of each with baking paper.

Sift flour, cocoa, bicarb, baking powder, cinnamon and ginger into a large bowl.

Put butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat on high, using paddle attachment, for 2 minutes or until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in apple. Add flour mixture, in 2 batches, stirring until combined. Divide batter evenly between prepared tins. Smooth surface.

Bake for 35 minutes or until cakes are cooked when tested with a skewer. Cool in tins for 5 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

To make icing, put cheese and butter in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat on low, using paddle attachment, for 2 minutes or until soft and fluffy. Add milk and chocolate. Sift in sugar and cocoa and beat on low until combined. Increase speed to high and beat for a further 2 minutes or until fluffy.

Invert 1 cake onto a serving plate or cake stand. Spoon 1 cup of the icing onto centre of cake and spread to edges using a palette knife. Sandwich with remaining cake, right side up. Spoon remaining icing on cake and spread to coat top. Dust with icing sugar to serve.

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