Spiced Chocolate Applesauce Cake
photo by Jenny Sanders
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
12
ingredients
- 591.47 ml flour, unbleached, sifted
- 118.29 ml cocoa powder
- 9.85 ml baking soda
- 4.92 ml cinnamon, ground
- 4.92 ml salt
- 118.29 ml vegetable oil
- 236.59 ml sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 4.92 ml vanilla extract
- 354.88 ml applesauce
- 236.59 ml buttermilk
directions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F Line 2 nine-inch round cake pans with parchment paper, and grease the sides of the pans.
- Sift together flour, cocoa, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; set aside.
- Beat together the oil and sugar in a mixing bowl.
- Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Blend in the vanilla and the applesauce.
- Add the dry ingredients alternately with the buttermilk to creamed mixture, beating well after each addition.
- Divide the batter evenly between the two pans.
- Bake in the preheated 350°F oven for 45 to 50 minutes or until cake tests done.
- Cool 10 minutes in pan on rack.
- Remove from the pans; cool on rack. Ice with frosting as desired.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Jenny Sanders
Cambridge, Ontario
I love to garden, both perennials and vegetables. I am always looking for recipes to fiddle with, especially good simple vegetable dishes. I try to use organic ingredients as much as possible.