Chocolate Applesauce Cake

Chocolate Applesauce Cake

Ingredients:

• 2 c Unsifted Unbleached Flour
• 2 tb Cocoa
• 1 1/2 ts Baking Soda
• 1/2 ts Salt
• 1/2 c Shortening
• 1 1/2 c Sugar
• 2 lg Eggs
• 2 ts Vanilla Extract
• 2 c Unsweetened Applesauce
• 6 oz Semisweet Chocolate Chips
• 1/2 c Chopped Walnuts

Instructions:

Sift the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt together and set aside.
Cream the shortening and sugar together in a large mixing bowl until
light and fluffy, using an electric mixer set on medium speed. Add the
eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Blend in the
vanilla extract. Add the dry ingredients alternately with the applesauce
to the creamed mixture, beating well after each addition, using the
mixer set on low speed. Pour the batter into a greased 13 X 9 X 2-inch
baking pan. Sprinkle with the chocolate chips and chopped walnuts.
Bake in a preheated 350 degree F. oven for 35 minutes or until the
cake test done. Cool in the pan on a wire rack.