Chocolate Cake

By rossboys

Unsweetened applesauce makes a moister cake without oil.

Cocoa powder has less fat than baking chocolate.

Ingredients

• Glaze:
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1 large egg
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 cup confectioners sugar
• 2 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 Tbsp corn syrup
• 1 Tbsp hot water

Details

Servings 12

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 deg. Spray a 9" round cake pan with vegetable cooking spray. Set aside.

In a small bowl, combine buttermilk, applesauce, oil, egg, and vanilla. Mix well. Set aside.

In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, cocoa, and baking soda. Stir to break up lumps. Add buttermilk mixture; whisk until smooth, about 1 minute. Pour batter into prepared pan.

Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 35 minutes. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 20 minutes. Loosen around edges, turn cake out onto rack, and cool completely.

To prepare glaze, in a double boiler over simmering water, stir together glaze ingredients until the sugar dissolves. Add 1 tablespoon of hot water if glaze seems too thick. Drizzle over top of cake. Let stand for 30 minutes.