#3709 - Chocolate Apple Cake

(by Shirley McNevich)

2 cups white sugar
1 cup softened butter
3 eggs
1/2 cup water
1 TBSP vanilla
2 1/4 cups flour
2 TBSP Hershey's cocoa
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. ground allspice
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup Nestle's MILK chocolate chips
2 cups grated baking apples (peel and core before grating)

In a mixer add white sugar and butter--beat. Add eggs, water and vanilla--beat. Add cocoa, baking soda, cinnamon, allspice and salt--beat. Slowly add flour--beat. Remove bowl from mixer--add chocolate chips and grated apples--stir just until mixed. Pour batter into a greased and floured 10" bundt cake pan. Bake at 325 degrees 60-70 minutes--test with a toothpick for doneness. Cool for 20 minutes, then loosen and invert on to a cake plate. Glaze as desired.

#1558 - Oatmeal and Apple Muffins

(by Shirley McNevich)

3/4 cup Quaker quick oats
3/4 cup milk + 2 TBSP milk
1 beaten egg
2 TBSP canola oil
2 TBSP King syrup molasses
3/4 cup grated apples (any type of baking apples--peel before grating)
1 1/4 cups flour
1 TBSP baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. cinnamon

In a large bowl add oats and pour the milk over them--let them soak for 15 minutes. Add beaten egg, canola oil, molasses, grated apples, flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt--stir just until mixed. Place cupcake liners into muffin tins. Fill each liner 1/2 to 3/4 full with batter. Bake at 400 degrees for 17-20 minutes.