Applesauce-cocoa cake from Still Life with Menu Cookbook: Fifty New Meatless Menus with Original Art (page 124) by Mollie Katzen

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    Can substitute sour cream for yogurt.

  • CynthiasCooking on February 20, 2021

    This was a favorite for years. I always make it in a bundt pan and a piece makes a great treat with lunch.

  • oboistaalli on December 06, 2020

    Delicious and moist cake. As did the others, I added the optional spices.

  • eliza on March 08, 2017

    I liked this cake. It's quite large, so I made 2 smaller cakes. I added all the spices plus espresso as noted by a previous reviewer, and also increased the cocoa powder. I would consider increasing the spice a bit next time. Small bundt took 45 minutes, small round cake took 30 minutes in my convection oven. Would be nice served with berries etc for company. Edited to add: I wanted to add that this cake keeps extremely well at room temperature or in the fridge. The taste seems to improve over time too.

  • Globegal on October 05, 2014

    Made 10-4-14. Looked for recipe to use up applesauce I made with Apple Pie Spice that didn't particularly like the taste. Added the optional spices. Chopped nuts with nut mill on fine. Baked in mini bundt pan for 22-23 minutes. Made 12 cakes Reminds me of a plain chocolate doughnut -- with nuts and a hint of applesauce & spices. Minimally sweet, as she says in her book. Definitely a keeper.

  • TrishaCP on October 05, 2013

    This cake is amazingly moist and flavorful. I used the optional spices, and to my mind, they really aren't optional- they add depth to the cocoa powder that can't be replaced. The one thing I would play with next time would be the amount of butter. Given the ground walnuts, yogurt, and applesauce already in the cake, I would think the butter could be greatly reduced if not totally omitted.

  • jzanger on January 22, 2011

    Fantastic cake although I adapted it here and there, adding espresso powder, omitting the orange zest, increasing the cocoa by 50%, adding chocolate chips, subbing almonds for walnts and making a few other small changes. Definitely will make again.

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