In honor of Melissa’s 30th birthday today, we have to find the perfect “healthy” birthday cake. What girl doesn’t love chocolate, right? Exactly. Here is a low-fat, vegan chocolate (birthday) cake!
The secret ingredient? Applesauce. This recipe uses applesauce instead of eggs or oil, making it nearly fat-free and guilt-free! Though its a little bit heavier than other cakes, the generous amount of cocoa makes this vegan cake absolutely heavenly.
Ingredients:
2 cups flour
1 cups sugar
1 tbsp cornstarch
2 tsp baking soda
1/3 cup cocoa
1 1/2 cup applesauce
Directions
Pre-heat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour a bundt cake pan. Note: You can use other cake pans, but because this cake is a bit heavy, layered cake pans are not recommended.
Mix all of the dry ingredients together in a large bowl.
Add applesauce and mix well until batter is smooth.
Bake for 50-55 minutes, until done. You can always tell that a cake is finished baking by sticking a toothpick in the center of the cake. If the toothpick comes out clean, that is, not covered in batter, then your cakes is done baking.