Chocolate and apple cake

Step 1/4

• 43¾ g dark chocolate
• 18¾ g flour
• ¼ tsp baking powder
• butter for greasing
• flour for dusting

• oven
• cutting board
• knife
• large mixing bowl
• springform pan (26-cm/10-in.)

Roughly chop chocolate. Combine flour and baking powder. Grease springform pan and dust with flour. Preheat oven to 150°C/300°F (convection).

Step 2/4

• 25 g heavy cream

• small pot
• cooking spoon

Bring cream to a boil, then remove pot from the stove. Add chocolate and stir well until melted. Set aside.

Step 3/4

• 18¾ g butter (soft)
• 25 g sugar
• ⅛ tsp salt
• ¾ eggs

• stand mixer or hand mixer with beaters

Whisk butter, sugar, and salt until creamy. Add eggs individually and continue to whisk. Next, add the chocolate-cream and flour mixtures, and stir well to combine.

Step 4/4

• ½ apples
• caramel sauce for serving
• hazelnut brittle for serving

• wooden skewer
• rubber spatula

Wash and peel apples. Cut to personal preference—thin slices, for example. Fold into cake batter. Transfer batter to springform pan. Bake at 150°C/300°F (convection) for approx. 1 h. As baking time may vary from oven to oven, make sure you test cake for doneness. Insert wooden skewer into cake. If skewer comes out clean, cake is done. I serve it with caramel sauce and brittle.

Enjoy your meal!