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A chocolate bundt cake with drizzle of chocolate frosting
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Healthier Chocolate Pound Cake

Lightened Up Chocolate Pound Cake with a shiny glaze made with unsweetened applesauce and Egg Beaters is just as fudgy as a classic chocolate cake, plus it has a head-start from chocolate cake mix! 
Course: Cakes
Cuisine: American
Keyword: better-for-you chocolate cake from a mix, chocolate pound cake, healthier chocolate cake
Servings: 12 Servings
Author: Barbara Bakes LLC

Ingredients

  • 1 package 15.25-ounces chocolate fudge cake mix
  • 1 cup water
  • ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
  • ¾ cup Egg Beaters

SHINY CHOCOLATE GLAZE

  • 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 5 tablespoons light corn syrup
  • 2 - 3 teaspoons water

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 325°F. Lightly grease a 10 or 12-cup Bundt pan with vegetable oil spray, then dust with flour.
  • Place the cake mix, water, applesauce, and Egg Beaters in a large mixing bowl. Blend with an electric mixer on low speed for 1 minute. Stop the machine and scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula. Increase the mixer speed to medium and beat 2 minutes more, scraping down the sides again if needed. Pour the batter into the prepared pan, smoothing it out with the rubber spatula. Place the pan in the oven.
  • Bake the cake until it springs back when lightly pressed, 37 to 40 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven and place it on a wire rack to cool for 20 minutes. Run a long, sharp knife around the edge of the cake and invert it onto a rack or serving plate to cool completely, 20 minutes more.
  • Meanwhile, prepare the Shiny Chocolate Glaze. Place the chocolate chips, butter, and corn syrup in a small saucepan over low heat and stir until the chocolate and butter melt, about 2 minutes. Add water, ½ teaspoon at a time, until the glaze is a pourable consistency.
  • Pour or drizzle the glaze over the cake. To drizzle, put the glaze in a pastry bag without a tip or a Ziploc bag and cut open one corner. Note that the glaze will not be spreadable after it’s drizzled onto the cake. 

Notes

Note: recipe slightly adapted from Chocolate Cake Mix Doctor