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      Title: Chocolate Apple Cake
 Categories: Cakes, Chocolate
      Yield: 12 servings
 
    3/4 c  Corn oil
    1/2 c  Butter or margarine; soften
  2 1/4 c  Granulated sugar
    1/2 c  Unsweetened cocoa powder
           ==firmly pack
      2 ts Cinnamon; ground
    1/2 ts Nutmeg; grated
    1/2 ts Allspice; ground
      5    Eggs
  2 1/2 c  Cake flour
      1 ts Baking soda
      1 ts Salt
      3 c  Green apples, peeled; diced
    1/2 c  Currants or raisins
      1 c  Powdered sugar
    1/4 c  Brandy
 
  Recipe by: 365 Great Chocolate Desserts - ISBN
  Preparation Time: 1:30
  1. Preheat oven to 350F. Generously grease a 12-cup bundt
  pan.
  2. In a large bowl, beat together oil, butter, and
  granulated sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed
  until well blended, about 2 mins. With mixer on low, beat
  in cocoa, 1 tsp cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice. With mixer
  on medium, add eggs, one at a time, beat well after each
  addition.
  3. Sift together flour, baking soda, and salt. Add to
  chocolate mixture, beating only enough to combine. Stir in
  apples and currants. Turn batter into prepared pan and
  spread evenly.
  4. Bake 55 to 60 mins, or until a cake tester inserted in
  center comes out clean. Let cool in pan 20 mins, then
  unmold onto a rack to cool completely.
  5. Meanwhile, prepare glaze: In a small bowl, whisk
  together powdered sugar, remaining 1 tsp cinnamon, and
  brandy until smooth. Drizzle over cool cake, letting some
  run down side. Serve warm or at room temperature.
 
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