One Bowl Chokolate Raspberry Cake To Die For..

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

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups sugar or 2 cups splenda sugar substitute, equal amount
• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 cup tart apples, shredded (packed) or 3/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1 cup nonfat milk
• 3/4 cup becel margarine or 3/4 cup butter, melted
• 4 large eggs (240-260 g total weight)
• 12 ounces dark chocolate
• 1 1/2 cups frozen raspberries, 250g (not defrosted) or 1 1/2 cups fresh raspberries
• 4 tablespoons coarse sugar (perle sugar)

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 peel, shred and measure apples.
• 3 in large mixing bowl, combine first dry ingredients.
• 4 then add shredded apples, milk, butter, and eggs.
• 5 beat at low speed until moistened; about 2 minutes at medium speed.
• 6 pour into cake pan.
• 7 cover top of cake batter with raspberries, and stick chocolate pieces into batter all around the cake. press gently raspberries and chocolate pieces halfway into batter, sprinkle with coarse sugar.
• 8 bake for 50-60 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. this is a little tricky since all the melted chocolate on top. i shake the form gently and if the batter no longer seems soft in the middle i deem it done.
• 9 cool on wire racks for 60 minutes; remove from pan and cool.
• 10 serve with vanilla ice cream or 2 cups crème fraiche sweetened with 4 tsp powdered vanilla sugar.