Apple Brownies

Name: Apple Brownies
Ingredients: 14 3/8 cups apples peeled, cored and chopped; 5 tablespoons lemon juice; 2 3/8 cups dark chocolate coarsely chopped; 1 1/8 cups butter; 2 cups walnuts coarsely chopped; 2 5/8 cups plain flour; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 7 eggs beaten; 2 15/16 cups caster sugar; 1 tablespoon vanilla sugar; 1 pinch salt; 1 7/8 tablespoons coconut oil solidified, coarsely chopped; 7/8 cup whipping cream

13 ingredients

3 steps

Ingredients

14 3/8 cups apples peeled, cored and chopped
5 tablespoons lemon juice
2 3/8 cups dark chocolate coarsely chopped
1 1/8 cups butter
2 cups walnuts coarsely chopped
2 5/8 cups plain flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
7 eggs beaten
2 15/16 cups caster sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla sugar
1 pinch salt
1 7/8 tablespoons coconut oil solidified, coarsely chopped
7/8 cup whipping cream

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 350°F. Toss the chopped apples in lemon juice and set aside. Melt the butter and 10 oz chocolate in a small saucepan over low heat, stirring. Remove from the heat and allow to cool 5-10 mins. Pour the cooled chocolate into a large mixing bowl, add the sugar, vanilla sugar, 1 pinch salt, eggs, 1 3/4 cups walnuts, flour and baking powder. Beat until mixture is smooth, then pour into a greased cake pan.
2

Distribute apples evenly on top of the mixture. Sprinkle with remaining walnuts. Bake for 40-45 mins. Then allow to cool for 2-3 hours on a wire rack.
3

To decorate, melt the remaining chocolate with the coconut oil and cream over low heat, stirring. Allow to cool for 15 mins, then drizzle over the cake. Leave for 2 hours to set.