Quick Simple Chocolate Cake
Servings 12
Simple chocolate cake made with cocoa powder and chocolate milk.
Ingredients
- 4 oz semi-sweet chocolate bar divided
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chocolate milk
- 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350˚ F.
- Grease a 9x9 pan or small bundt or tube pan. Shave half of a 4 oz. Bakers semi-sweet chocolate bar and set it aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk together 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/4 cup cocoa powder, 1 tsp. baking soda and 1/2 tsp. salt.
- In another bowl, whisk together 1 cup chocolate milk, 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce, 2 tsp. pure vanilla extract and 2 tsp. balsamic vinegar.
- Pour the wet mixture into the dry mixture. Whisk together.
- Whisk in the shaved chocolate.
- Spread batter into pan and bake 25-30 minutes or until toothpick comes clean.
- Let cool 10 minutes, remove from pan and frost or glaze with remaining chocolate bar, if desired
Nutrition
Serving: 1slice of cake | Calories: 172kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 3mg | Sodium: 203mg | Potassium: 142mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 28IU | Vitamin C: 0.3mg | Calcium: 35mg | Iron: 2mg