DessertsHow to Make a Yummy Chocolate Spice Cake with Vanilla Glaze
If you love chocolate cake you need to add this Chocolate Spice Cake to your recipe collection as one can never have too many chocolate cake recipes. This cake is different because of the spices--just enough to make it special without being overpowering. Surprise your family and friends with this different chocolate cake. It"s up to you whether or not to give away your secret for this delicious cake. We won"t tell what spices it contains or that it is moist because of the applesauce! This cake is just as yummy as a glazed Bundt cake or as a frosted sheet cake.
CHOCOLATE SPICE CAKE
1 3/4 cups unsifted all-purpose flour
1 3/4 cups sugar
1/3 cup cocoa
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp allspice
1/8 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups applesauce
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup raisins
1 cup chopped nuts, optional
Vanilla glaze
In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and salt. Stir in the applesauce, milk, butter, and vanilla extract; combine thoroughly. Add raisins and the nuts, if desired.
Pour batter into greased and floured 9-cup Bundt pan OR a 9 x 13-inch baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 55 to 60 minutes if using a Bundt pan. If using an oblong pan bake for 40 to 45 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes; remove from Bundt pan and cool on a wire rack. Leave oblong cake in pan.
Glaze Bundt cake with Vanilla Glaze or frost oblong cake as desired.
VANILLA GLAZE:
1 tbsp softened butter
1 cup powdered sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 to 2 tbsp milk
Combine butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla. Add milk gradually until glaze is smooth and of desired consistency. Drizzle over the Bundt cake.
Enjoy!