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Orange Chocolate Cake

PREP TIME: 10 minutes  COOK TIME: 35 minutes  SERVES: 9 servings 

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Recipe from "Cooking with Trader Joe's Cookbook: SKINNY DISH!": This recipe idea came to me while I was making a batch of Shamrock Smoothies (also in SKINNY DISH!). I was eating a piece of dark chocolate and licked the spoon containing orange juice concentrate for the smoothies. At first I said “whoops,” and then I grabbed my recipe notebook! Here’s the cake that resulted, which evokes a heavenly chocolate and orange taste marriage. It’s so simple that it may become your go-to chocolate dessert.

Vegan 

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Ingredients

• 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
• ½ cup sugar
• ¼ cup cocoa
• 1 tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ cup orange juice concentrate, thawed
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
• ½ cup plus 1 Tbsp filtered water
• 1 Tbsp powdered sugar, or ¼ cup thin vanilla frosting to top

Instructions

• 1 Preheat oven to 350° F.
• 2 Sift dry ingredients together (minus the powdered sugar). Add thawed OJ concentrate (use a microwave for quick thawing) and remaining wet ingredients, stirring until smooth.
• 3 Pour batter into lightly oiled 9 x 9-inch baking dish and bake for 30-35 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Let cake sit 10 minutes before sprinkling with powdered sugar (use a sifter for a delicate, and evenly topped cake), or drizzling with vanilla frosting.

Additional Notes

NUTRITION SNAPSHOT Per serving: 225 calories, 8 g total fat, 1 g saturated fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 399 mg sodium, 36 g carbohydrates, 2 g fiber, 17 g sugar, 3 g protein, 0.5% vitamin A, 31% vitamin C, 1% calcium, 7% iron

Source

Cooking with Trader Joe's Cookbook: SKINNY DISH! by Jennifer K. Reilly, RD