Credit: allrecipe.com
Recipe By: Karen Dunn
“This is an extremely moist cake that ranks right up there for all the chocoholics in my home. It does not need to be frosted because it is sprinkled with chocolate chips and walnuts before baking. Easy AND delicious!”
WHAT YOU NEED:
- 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powde
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 1/2 cups white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups unsweetened applesauce
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
HOW TO MAKE IT:
- Preheat oven to 175 degrees C. Grease and flour a 9×13 inch pan. Sift together the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt in a bowl. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, using an electric mixer set on medium speed. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Blend in the vanilla extract. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the applesauce.
- Pour the batter into a 9×13 inch baking pan. Sprinkle with the chocolate chips and chopped walnuts. Bake at 175 degrees C for 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool in the pan on a wire rack.
and there you go!! enjoy a lovely recipe that can be used for cupcakes also….have that with your favorite ice-cream flavor or just as it is with a cupper….whichever you prefer…enjoy it!!
