Eplamaukskökur

Applesauce cake

Ingredients

80g butter
150g sugar

1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs

180 g flour
2 tbsp cocoa
1 tsp baking powder
1 pinch of salt
250 ml applesauce
100g chopped dark chocolate

30 g chopped nuts

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 350 °F (180 °C) upper/lower heat.

Beat butter and sugar until fluffy.

Add the ground vanilla and eggs and mix thoroughly.

In a large bowl, mix the flour with the cocoa, baking powder and salt.

Add thebutter-sugar-egg mixture to the dry ingredients and gently stir in from the edges.

Finally add the applesauce and mix slowly but thoroughly.

Then put the dough into a springform pan lined with baking paper...

... and sprinkle with the chopped chocolate and nuts. Bake at 180 ° upper and lower heat for about 30 minutes.

Let the finished pastry cool down well...

...and cut into approx. 2 cm wide strips to eat.

Bon appetit!

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