Mocha-Apple Bundt Cake

4 Reviews
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Hands-on Time
25 Mins
Total Time
3 Hours 30 Mins
Yield
Makes 12 servings
By Millie Souza, Fall River, Massachusetts
September 2011
RECIPE BY Southern Living

Ingredients

  • 1 cup chopped pecans
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup canola oil
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 tablespoon instant coffee granules
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 4 cups peeled and diced Granny Smith apples (about 2 lb.)
  • 2 (2.6-oz.) milk chocolate candy bars, chopped

How to Make It

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350º. Bake pecans in a single layer in a shallow pan 8 to 10 minutes or until toasted and fragrant, stirring halfway through.

Step 2

Beat sugar and next 4 ingredients at high speed with a heavy-duty electric stand mixer 5 minutes. Stir together flour and next 4 ingredients; gradually add flour mixture to sugar mixture, beating at low speed just until blended. Add apples, chocolate, and pecans; beat just until blended. Spoon into a greased and floured 12-cup Bundt pan.

Step 3

Bake at 350º for 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 15 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack, and cool completely (about 2 hours).

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Ratings & Reviews

valspark's Review

jmwilkins1
October 12, 2013
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BrandiT's Review

BrandiT
August 24, 2011
This cake looks pretty when made, but it has absolutely no flavor. I would never make it again or recommend it. The batter is very dry, the cake is dry. I am disappointed in Southern Living for even including it in their magazine. You cannot tell me it worked well in the test kitchen.

jmwilkins1's Review

HeatherIsCookin
August 24, 2011
There is something wrong with this recipe. The batter was so dry I couldn't stir it with a spoon ...had to use my hands. Naturally when the cake was baked it also was very d-r-r-y. Worst of all, it didn't taste like apples or mocha or chocolate. Not a keeper!

HeatherIsCookin's Review

valspark
August 22, 2011
I tried to make this cake yesterday, and I wonder if the recipe is correct. When I added the dry ingredients into the sugar/oil mixture, I was faced with a crumbly, almost-impossible-to-mix dough-like batter...it definitely seemed to be missing some moisture. To rectify the problem, I compared this recipe to other apple cake recipes (inc. the Apple Cream Cheese Bundt cake also in this issue) and decided to add another egg (beaten) and an additional 1/2 c. of canola oil. This created a gummy, glistening, warm-taffy like batter. I was able to blend in the apples, pecans and chocolate, but, due to the consistency of the batter, there was no way to do so "just until blended"; i.e., I'm sure it took far more strokes than intended. Once baked, the cake had a spongy texture (maybe due to the additional egg I added). I served it like a "bread pudding," topped with the burnt butter icing as a glaze (added other ingd. [+ extra milk] while butter still warm) and whip cream. It was ok.