Applesauce Chocolate Chip Cake
This is an incredible tasting Bundt cake that has a little bit of everything -- chocolate, spices and fruit. It may sound like an odd mix of flavors, but everything comes together perfectly.
Servings 16
Cost 5
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour (320 grams)
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar (300 grams)
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground cloves
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- 2 cups unsweetened applesauce
- 2 large eggs lightly beaten
- ½ cup vegetable oil (or canola)
- 1 stick unsalted butter, melted (114 grams)
- 1 bag semisweet-chocolate chips, preferably the mini ones
- Confectioners' sugar for dusting
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350° and spray a 12 cup Bundt pan with flour added spray (or grease and flour).
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, granulated sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, cardamom, salt, cloves and pepper.
- Make a well in the center and whisk in the applesauce, eggs, oil and melted butter. Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with a few crumbs attached.
- Transfer the pan to a rack and let the cake cool for 10 minutes, then invert it onto the rack and let cool completely, about 20 minutes.
- When cake is cool, sprinkle sift confectioners' sugar over the top.
