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True Love Chocolate Cake Recipe

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“A college roommate gave me this amazing recipe and it's been my favorite ever since. To use it for other holidays, just replace the hearts with appropriately-colored hard candies-like peppermints at Christmas.” Stephanie Basker - Caldwell, Idaho

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True Love Chocolate Cake Recipe

Prep: 35 min. Bake: 35 min. + cooling

Yield: 24 Servings

35 35 70

Ingredients

1/4 cup butter, softened
1-2/3 cups sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
2/3 cup baking cocoa
1-1/4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1-1/4 cups water
1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
FROSTING:
1 package (8 ounces) reduced-fat cream cheese
1/3 cup confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 carton (8 ounces) frozen reduced-fat whipped topping, thawed
TOPPING:
3/4 cup flaked coconut
1/2 cup candy hearts

Directions

In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar until crumbly, about 2 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in applesauce.
Combine the flour, cocoa, baking powder, salt and baking soda. Add to the butter mixture alternately with water, beating well after each addition. Fold in chips. Pour into a 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan coated with cooking spray.
Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.
For frosting, in a bowl, beat cream cheese and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Beat in vanilla. Fold in whipped topping. Frost cake. Refrigerate until serving. Just before serving, sprinkle with coconut and candy. Yield: 24 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 piece equals 238 calories, 9 g fat (6 g saturated fat), 29 mg cholesterol, 201 mg sodium, 39 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 4 g protein.

Originally published as True Love Chocolate Cake in Healthy Cooking February/March 2009, p44

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Reviewed on Jul. 29, 2009 by cykh

This cake is seriously good! I made it tonight. It's amazing how moist the cake was immeditely after baking; most of the time, a cake has to set a day or two before it's moist. I like things sweet, so I doubled the confectioner's sugar. This cake is very rich and delicious. NO ONE will be able to tell that it's (somewhat) light :-)

Reviewed on Feb. 03, 2009 by sugartowngirl

HELP! I tried to view this recipe and it popped up that I had to subscribe to TOH or one of the other Reiman pub. I do--TOH, Country, Country Woman. How can I view the recipe?

Reviewed on Feb. 03, 2009 by padler1

I needed to make a birthday cake for a co-worker. I picked up my latest issue of Healthy Cooking and went to the index to find desserts. When I saw the True Love Chocolate Cake I thought that the girls would like it because it was chocolate. Well, they more then liked it, they loved it! The flavor and texture of the cake along with the cream cheese frosting and sprinkle of coconut is amazing! Iâ€™m going to make it again. This time for my family!

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