Dark Chocolate Cake (6 pts)

By Kathy_S

It's like a rich devil's food cake but it's slimmed down by adding a secret ingredient:canned sauerkraut. (Yes, you read right.)

6 pts per serving; serves 14

Ingredients

• cooking spray
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/3 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 2/3 cups unsweetened cocoa
• 1/2 cup melted butter
• 1 1/2 cups hot water
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup sauerkraut, pureed until smooth
• 1 tsp unsweetened cocoa

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 F. Coat a bundt pan with cooking spray. In a large mixing bowl or in the bowl of an electric mixer, combine flour, sugar, baking soda, and cocoa. Add meleted butter, hot water, and vanilla extract; mix well. Add sauerkraut and blend thoroughly.

Pour batter into prepared pan; bake in center of oven until a tester inserted in center of cake comes out clean, about 55 to 60 ominutes. Cool cake in pan for about 20 minutes and then turn out onto a baking rack to cool completely. Sprinkle with 1 tsp of cocoa before slicing into 14 pieces.

Note: You can easily boost the flavor of this cake by adding strong coffee instead of the hot water, or adding cayenne pepper and cinnamon with the vanilla.