November’s Healthy Recipe: Chocolate Marble Cake

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Ingredients (Cake):

  • Baking spray with flour
  • 1 2/3 cups all-purpose or cake flour
  • 2/3 cup whole-wheat pastry flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar, divided
  • 1 cup light sour cream
  • 1/2 cup plain almond milk
  • 1/2 cup applesauce
  • 1/3 cup melted unsalted butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 egg whites
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
  • 1 ounce unsweetened chocolate, melted
  • 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder

Ingredients (Glaze):

  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tablespoon melted unsalted butter
  • 1 tablespoon warm water
  • 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa

Directions:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat a 10-inch Bundt cake pan with spray.
  • Combine flours, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and 1 cup sugar in a large bowl.
  • Whisk next 7 ingredients (through vanilla) in another large bowl until blended. Add to the dry ingredients and stir with a spatula until just combined.
  • Transfer 3/4 cup batter to a small bowl and whisk in chocolate, cocoa, and remaining 1 tablespoon sugar. Pour 3 cups white batter into prepared pan.
  • Dollop chocolate batter over white batter; cover with remaining white batter. Using a knife, swirl batter once in a continuous S – shape around pan.
  • Bake 55 minutes, until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes; invert onto rack and cool completely.
  • In a bowl, combine glaze ingredients and drizzle over cake. Serve.