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Churro Cake with a dip
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Churro Cake

Fluffy Churro flavoured cake dipped in melted chocolate to full fill all of your Churro cravings -- with only half the fat!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time25 minutes
Total Time35 minutes
Course: Cake, Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cake, Churro Cake, churros
Servings: 21 slices
Author: Karina Carrel

Ingredients

Churro Cake

  • ⅔ cup lightly packed brown sugar or muscavado sugar
  • ½ cup natural sweetener or your sugar of choice
  • ½ cup light butter room temperature, or spread of choice
  • 2 tablespoons apple sauce or extra butter/spread of choice
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 cups plain flour/all-purpose
  • 1½ teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 pinch salt
  • ⅔ cup unsweetened almond milk
  • Cinnamon sugar
  • 1/4 cup melted chocolate OR a Clean Chocolate Sauce

Optional: Homemade Chocolate Sauce

  • 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2 teaspoons natural sweetener/sugar of choice
  • 2 tablespoons warm water or enough to mix into your desired consistency
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Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 176C | 350F. Grease a square 8-8-inch baking tray with cooking oil spray, and wipe over with a paper towel.
  • In a bowl, whisk brown sugar, sweetener/sugar, butter and apple sauce until. Add egg and vanilla and whisk again until light and creamy.
  • In a smaller bowl, combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Gradually beat in the dry ingredients.
  • Pour the milk into the batter, and mix well. Do not over beat batter.
  • Pour batter into prepared baking tray and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
  • Bake until golden, about 20 to 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean.
  • Cool completely before spreading with melted chocolate of choice, or a clean chocolate sauce.
  • To make your own chocolate sauce, combine ingredients until sauce is desired consistency.
  • Enjoy!

Notes

  • Nutrition calculated excluding melted chocolate, as this is completely optional!

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 134kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.001g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 63mg | Potassium: 45mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 111IU | Vitamin C: 0.03mg | Calcium: 41mg | Iron: 1mg