Ingredients
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2 cups all-purpose flour
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2 teaspoons baking soda
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6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
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1 tablespoon cornstarch
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1 cup white sugar
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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1 3/4 cups unsweetened applesauce
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1/4 cup canola oil
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1 tablespoon vanilla
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1 tablespoon peppermint extract (I actually prefer it with 2 tsp, so you may want to start there)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325°F.
- Spray a 10 inch bundt pan with cooking oil and set aside.
- Sift together flour, baking soda, cocoa powder, cornstarch, sugar, and salt in large bowl; whisk together well.
- Whisk together applesauce, oil, vanilla, and peppermint extract by hand in medium bowl.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry with a few swift strokes just until blended.
- Pour into bundt pan.
- Bake 50-60 minutes, until a toothpick comes out with moist crumbs.
- Cool on rack.