Clean Hersey Cake!

I am so so thrilled about this one. The cake itself was dark, rich, moist as hell, and super tasty. The frosting, well, could use a little work, but I was still capable of devouring plenty

Oh, and please excuse the lame strawberry décor, I have a 5 year old who likes to help...............

Ingredients:

 

2/3 cups Agave Syrup (I used Light blue)
1-3/4 cups WHITE whole wheat flour
3/4 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt (sea salt)
3 egg whites
1 cup unsweetened almond milk
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce ***
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup boiling water

 

 

*** In case you were not already aware, in Clean Baking, many times fruit purees, such as applesauce, will take the place of the fats (i.e. butter and oil) in your recipes. So, if you are really starting to bake clean, keep a big tub of the unsweetened applesauce in the fridge!

 

 

Instructions:

 

1: Heat oven to 350°F. Grease (Spray with Pam) 2 9 inch round baking pans or one 13x9 pan.

2: Stir together Agave, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl. Add eggs whites, milk, applesauce and vanilla; beat on medium speed of mixer 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin). Pour batter into prepared pans.

3: Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean (mine only took 29 minutes exactly). Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely. 

 

If you are using a 9x13 sheet pan, bake for approximately 5 minutes longer.

 

 

 

FROSTING: (I eyeballed these amounts, my apologies)

 

1cup non fat plain Chobani

2 T fat free cream cheese

2 T PB2

1 T Stevia

1.5 scoops vanilla whey

(the frosting was somewhat thin, which created the "drip" effect down the sides)

 

 

yummy!

 

 

 

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