Chocolate applesauce cake
12 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | ounces | Butter or margarine softened |
| 1¼ | cup | Sugar |
| 1 | cup | Unsweetened applesauce |
| 4 | ounces | Unsweetened chocolate |
| Squares; melted | ||
| 1 | teaspoon | Cinnamon; ground |
| 1½ | teaspoon | Vanilla extract |
| 3 | Eggs | |
| 1 | cup | Brown sugar, packed |
| 4 | tablespoons | Butter |
| ½ | cup | Heavy cream |
| 2 | cups | Cake flour |
| 2 | teaspoons | Baking soda |
| 1 | teaspoon | Baking powder |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Salt |
| ½ | cup | Buttermilk |
| 6 | ounces | Semisweet chocolate |
| Chips | ||
| ⅓ | cup | Blanched almonds coarsely chopped |
| ½ | cup | Blanched almonds, coarsely chopped |
| 6 | ounces | Semisweet chocolate chips |
Directions
CHOCOLATE CARAMEL NUT FROSTG
Recipe by: 365 Great Chocolate Desserts - ISBN 0-06-016537-5 Preparation Time: 1:00
1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9 x 13-inch baking pan. Dust with flour; tap out excess.
2. In a large bowl, beat together butter and sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy, 1 to 2 mins. With mixer on low speed, beat in applesauce, melted chocolate, cinnamon, and vanilla until well mixed. Add eggs, one at a time,beating well after each addition.
3. Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. With mixer on low speed, alternately add buttermilk and flour mixture to chocolate mixture, beating only until blended. Stir in chocolate chips almonds. Turn batter into prepared pan.
4. Bake 35 to 40 mins, or until a cake tester inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool completely in pan. Spread Chocolate Caramel Nut Frosting over top of cake. To serve, cut into squares.
CHOCOLATE CARAMEL NUT FROSTING: 1. In a medium saucepan, combine brown sugar, butter, and cream.
Bring to a boil, stirring often, over medium heat. Reduct heat to low and simmer 3 minutes. Stir in nuts.
2. Let cool completely. Stir in chocolate chips; frosting will be chunky.