Spiced Chocolate Applesauce Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 1/2 cups flour, unbleached, sifted
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon, ground
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups applesauce
• 1 cup buttermilk

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350°f line 2 nine-inch round cake pans with parchment paper, and grease the sides of the pans.
• 2 sift together flour, cocoa, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; set aside.
• 3 beat together the oil and sugar in a mixing bowl.
• 4 add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 5 blend in the vanilla and the applesauce.
• 6 add the dry ingredients alternately with the buttermilk to creamed mixture, beating well after each addition.
• 7 divide the batter evenly between the two pans.
• 8 bake in the preheated 350°f oven for 45 to 50 minutes or until cake tests done.
• 9 cool 10 minutes in pan on rack.
• 10 remove from the pans; cool on rack. ice with frosting as desired.