Homemade Skinny Chocolate Cake

Who doesn't love chocolate cake? I have a huge sweet tooth but it's so hard to find desserts that aren't full of calories. I stumbled on this skinny cake recipe and let me tell you...it's to die for! There's only 3 tbsp of oil in the whole cake and to keep even more calories at bay we will use -- applesauce, pudding and yogurt instead of tons of butter and sugar. Valentine's Day is coming up and this is the perfect chocolate to serve to your honey!

Skinny Chocolate Cake 

Ingredients:


1 1/2 cups sugar
3 tbsp canola oil
4 oz unsweetened apple sauce
1 egg
2 egg whites
1 cup HOT coffee
3/4 cups unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup fat free milk
2 cups cake flour (not self rising)
1 package instant chocolate pudding (not sugar free)
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 cup plain fat free Greek yogurt
spray oil

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325°F. Lightly spray and flour your cake pan.

In a large bowl combine flour, dry chocolate pudding mix, salt, baking powder and baking soda and set aside. (dry ingredients)

In a medium bowl, combine HOT coffee with the cocoa powder until it dissolves. Slowly add milk and vanilla extract. Set aside. (wet ingredients)

In a stand mixer on low speed combine the sugar and oil; mix to combine well.   

Add the applesauce until mixed through. Then add eggs and egg whites until incorporated.
 
Starting with the dry ingredients, slowly add a little of the dry, then a little of the wet ingredients, alternating between wet and dry until all the ingredients are mixed in.

Last step is to add the Greek yogurt and just stir to combine.
Pour into the cake pan and transfer to oven.
 
Depending on the pan you use, (I used a 13 x 9-inch pan) bake for 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cupcakes will be closer to 25-30 minutes.