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Espresso Cake

Courses: Dessert
Serves: 14 people

Recipe Ingredients

2/3 cup 41g / 1.4ozWhole-wheat pastry flour
1/4 cup 15g / 0.5ozUnbleached all-purpose flour
1 cup 198g / 7ozRaw cane sugar (Turbinado)
2/3 cup 73g / 2.6ozUnsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2 teaspoons 7.5mlBaking powder
1/4 teaspoon 1.3mlBaking soda
1/4 teaspoon 1.3mlSalt
1/2 cup 118mlPureed prunes
  = (or unsweetened applesauce)
3   Egg whites (large)
1 teaspoon 5mlPure vanilla extract
1 cup 237mlCoffee
  Accompaniment
  Fat-free frozen yogurt or raspberry sauce
  Powdered sugar

Recipe Instructions

Preheat the oven 350 degrees. Spray a 9-inch cake pan with cooking spray and dust with additional cocoa powder, set aside.

In a medium bowl, combine the flours, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside. In another bowl, combine the prune puree, egg whites, vanilla, and coffee. Mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and pour into the prepared cake pan.

Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean. Cool the cake in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Run a knife around the edge of the cake and invert onto a wire rack to cool completely. Cut into 14 wedges to serve.

This recipe yields 14 servings.

Source:
SARA'S SECRETS with Sara Moulton - (Show # SS-1C21) - from the TV FOOD NETWORK

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