Chocolate Applesauce Cake
October 16, 2010
Here's a tasty chocolate applesauce cake with chocolate chip topping...
I can even say with certainty that my kids like this cake: I caught them eating it for breakfast one morning! The applesauce makes it very moist and the chocolate, well, it's chocolate!
This recipe can be successfully made with egg replacer as well so it's a good option for those with egg allergies.
| Chocolate Applesauce Cake • 2 cups flour • 2 tablespoons cocoa • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda • 1/2 teaspoon salt • 1/2 cup shortening • 1 1/2 cups sugar • 2 large eggs • 2 teaspoons vanilla • 2 cups unsweetened applesauce (cinnamon applesauce is good too!) • 6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional) Sift the flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt together and set aside. Cream the shortening and sugar together in a large mixing bowl until light and fluffy, using an electric mixer set on medium speed. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Blend in the vanilla. Slowly add the dry ingredients alternating with the applesauce to the creamed mixture, beating well after each addition, using the mixer set on low speed. Pour the batter into a greased 13x 9-inch baking pan. Sprinkle with the chocolate chips and chopped walnuts. Bake in a preheated 350° oven for 35 minutes or until the cake tests done. Cool in the pan on a wire rack. |
Enjoy!
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Bryn worked for nearly 10 years in a research and product development for Ambrosia Chocolate Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Now she develops all of the CUO lessons and coaches the members of the Primal Chocolate Club.
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