chocolate apple cakes

adapted from Essential Cooking Series- Home Baking book..moist and lovely...

150g butter

3/4 cup sugar

3 eggs

2 cup flour

1/4 cup cocoa

3 tsp baking powder

1 apple, sliced

icing sugar to dust

• preheat oven 180 degrees.


• melt butter in a large saucepan. remove from heat and mix in sugar and eggs until combined


• sift flour, cocoa and baking powder into mixture. beat with a wooden spoon until smooth


• half fill the muffin cup with mixture. top with apple slices then with chocolate mixture to fill the cases


• bake for 15-20 minutes or until firm. let cool


• dust with icing sugar