banana-chocolate cake

The smell of a cake baking in the oven is so comforting! Here is one of my personal favorite: banana-chocolate cake. What's even better? Well, you can have it, guilt-free! In this recipe, I substituted all of the oil for unsweetened applesauce, and as you can see, I got a delicious result!

I use unsweetened applesauce to substitute the fat in almost all my baked goods recipes, especially muffins and cakes. This allow to lower the fat content while keeping a moist and chewy texture. Try the recipe below and you'll see for yourself! It's a piece of cake to make! (sorry, I just HAD to use this expression! lol ;)

Banana-chocolate cake

12 servings

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1 cup smashed bananas

2 eggs

1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2/3 cup sugar

1 cup all-purpose flour

1 cup whole-wheat flour

1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

2/3 cup chocolate chips

1. Preheat the oven to 350F.
2. Mix the bananas, eggs, applesauce, vanilla, and sugar in a bowl.
3. In another bowl, combine the flours, baking soda, baking powder, and chocolate chips.
4. Add the banana mixture to the dry ingredients and blend until moisten.
5. Pour in a cake pan.
6. Bake for 50 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Nutritional facts for 1 serving

(1/12 recipe)

175 calories, 4 g fat, 2 g saturated,

34 g carbs, 2.2 g fibers, 3.4 g protein

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Compared to the original recipe, which used 1/2 cup oil

instead of the same quantity of unsweetened applesauce,

you save 75 calories and 8 g fat!!!

Enjoy! Mmmm!