Apple Brownies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1.8 kg apples, peeled, cored and chopped
4-5 tbsp lemon juice
400 g dark chocolate, coarsely chopped
250 g butter
250 g walnuts, coarsely chopped
325 g plain flour
2 tsp baking powder
7 None eggs, beaten
350 g caster sugar
1 tbsp vanilla sugar
Pinch None salt
25 g solidified coconut oil, coarsely chopped
100 g whipping cream

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F. 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.
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.
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.