Chocolate Maroon Cake

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- Number of Servings: 12
Ingredients
Directions
1/3 cup packed brown sugar2/3 cup sugar1/4 cup butter1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce2 eggs1 tbsp vanilla2 tbsp red food colouring1 tbsp pure beet juice2 tbsp water1/4 cup cocoa, sifted1 1/4 cups flour1 cup Kamut flour1/4 tsp salt1 cup low-fat buttermilk1 1/2 tbsp apple cider vinegar2 tsp baking soda
Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease two round 9" cake pans.
Cream sugars, butter and applesauce until fluffy.
Add eggs and vanilla, beat well.
Make a paste of the food colouring, beet juice, water and cocoa powder, scrape into above mixture and beat well.
Whisk together flours and salt in a separate bowl.
Add dry ingredients alternately with the buttermilk to the creamed mixture.
In a small dish, mix vinegar and baking soda well (it will foam).
Add to the batter and fold in gently but thoroughly.
Bake 30 minutes, cool completely in pans before turning out.
Number of Servings: 12
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JO_JO_BA.
Cream sugars, butter and applesauce until fluffy.
Add eggs and vanilla, beat well.
Make a paste of the food colouring, beet juice, water and cocoa powder, scrape into above mixture and beat well.
Whisk together flours and salt in a separate bowl.
Add dry ingredients alternately with the buttermilk to the creamed mixture.
In a small dish, mix vinegar and baking soda well (it will foam).
Add to the batter and fold in gently but thoroughly.
Bake 30 minutes, cool completely in pans before turning out.
Number of Servings: 12
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JO_JO_BA.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 208.0
- Total Fat: 5.1 g
- Cholesterol: 46.4 mg
- Sodium: 62.5 mg
- Total Carbs: 37.3 g
- Dietary Fiber: 1.8 g
- Protein: 4.5 g
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