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Light Chocolate Cake Recipe

Applesauce makes this cake moist and sweet. A dusting of confectioners' sugar over the top is all that's needed.—Celeste Clarke, Wilmot, New Hampshire

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Light Chocolate Cake Recipe

Prep: 10 min. Bake: 30 min. + cooling

Yield: 20 Servings

10 30 40

Ingredients

2 cups sugar
1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup baking cocoa
1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup egg substitute (equivalent to 2 eggs)
1 cup fat-free milk
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup boiling water
Confectioners' sugar, optional

Directions

In a large bowl, combine dry ingredients. Beat in egg substitute, milk, applesauce and vanilla. Add water; beat on medium for 2 minutes (batter will be very thin).
Pour into a 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool. Lightly dust with confectioners' sugar if desired. Yield: 20 servings.

Nutritional Facts One serving equals 139 calories, 1 g fat (0 saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 174 mg sodium, 32 g carbohydrate, 0 fiber, 3 g protein.

Originally published as Light Chocolate Cake in Country Woman May/June 1996, p36