Before you judge the name of this recipe please let me tell you that you can't really taste the applesauce, it just makes the cake super moist. Now that you have gotten past the weirdness of chocolate and applesauce together enjoy the deliciousness. This cake is so good and sweet it doesn't even need frosting. Its best served warmed.
INGREDIENTS:
1 cp all purpose flour
2 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 cp butter, softened
3/4c sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 large eggs
1 cp unsweetened applesauce
1/2 cp dark chocolate chip
1/2 cp walnuts, chopped
PROCEDURE:
1. Preheat oven to 350. Butter and flour an 8 in. square baking pan.
2. Mix the flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl
3. Beat the butter, sugar, and vanilla in a large bowl at medium speed until pale and creamy.
4. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until just blended after each.
5. At low speed, gradually beat in the dry ingredients, alternating with the applesauce.
6. Spoon the batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle with chocolate chips and walnuts.
7. Bake for 30-35 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
8. Cool the cake completely in the pan on a rack.
Serves: 6-8
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cooking Time: 35 mins.
This recipe is from The Golden Book of Baking
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