Name: Dark Chocolate Cake
Ingredients: 1 spray cooking spray; 2 cups all purpose flour; 1 1/3 cups sugar; 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda; 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder; 1/2 cup regular butter (melted); 1 1/2 cups hot water; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 cup sauerkraut (pureed until smooth); 1 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa powder

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Dark Chocolate Cake

This cake’s a winner. It’s like a rich devil’s food cake but it's slimmed down by adding a secret ingredient: canned sauerkraut.

Course: Dessert

Keyword: cake, chocolate

Ingredients

1 spray cooking spray
2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/3 cups sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup regular butter melted
1 1/2 cups hot water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup sauerkraut pureed until smooth
1 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa powder

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F. Coat a Bundt pan with cooking spray.
In a large mixing bowl or in the bowl of an electric mixer, combine flour, sugar, baking soda and 2/3 cup of cocoa. Add melted butter, hot water and vanilla extract; mix well. Add sauerkraut and blend thoroughly.
Pour batter into prepared pan; bake in center of oven until a tester inserted in center of cake comes out clean, about 55 to 60 minutes. Cool cake in pan for about 20 minutes and then turn out onto a baking rack to cool completely. Sprinkle with 1 teaspoon of cocoa powder before slicing into 14 pieces. Yields 1 slice per serving.
You can easily change the flavor of this cake by adding strong coffee instead of the hot water or adding cayenne pepper and cinnamon with the vanilla.

Notes

Recipe By: Weight Watchers
Serving Size: 14

Dark Chocolate Cake