Chocolate Snack Cake Recipe

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My husband always asks me to make this cake for his birthday. But we enjoy it so much, I make it year-round.—Sandra Carroll, Avoca, Iowa

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Chocolate Snack Cake Recipe

Prep: 15 min. Bake: 40 min.

Yield: 12 Servings

15 40 55

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened
1-1/2 cups sugar
1 cup cold water
2 cups cake flour
1/2 cup baking cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 egg whites
2 teaspoons confectioners' sugar

Directions

In a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in water. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture and mix well. Add vanilla. In another bowl, beat egg whites on medium speed until soft peaks form. Gently fold into the creamed mixture.
Pour into a 9-in. square baking pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Dust with confectioners' sugar. Yield: 12 servings.

Nutritional Analysis: One piece equals 260 calories, 8 g fat (5 g saturated fat), 21 mg cholesterol, 247 mg sodium, 45 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 4 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 3 starch, 1-1/2 fat.

Originally published as Chocolate Snack Cake in Country Woman January/February 2002, p37