Best Chocolate Plum Pudding Cake Recipes

CHOCOLATE PLUM PUDDING CAKE

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This is a bit of an unusual cake, but great for Christmas. The chocolate mixed with raisins, applesauce, and spices gives a nice texture with a lot less work than plum pudding itself.

Provided by Carol

Categories Desserts Cakes Holiday Cake Recipes

Time 1h45m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 13

Ingredients

⅔ cup raisins
¾ cup all-purpose flour
¾ cup whole wheat flour
⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
¾ cup butter, softened
1 ½ cups white sugar
3 eggs
2 cups applesauce
½ cup coarsely chopped walnuts

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place raisins in a small saucepan, and cover with boiling water. Soak for 5 minutes, then drain. Grease and flour a 9 inch tube pan.
Sift together the all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, cocoa, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Set aside.
In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Blend in the eggs, then the applesauce. Beat in the flour mixture. Stir in raisins and walnuts. Spread batter evenly into prepared tube pan.
Bake in preheated oven for 80 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely; chill.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 351.2 calories, Carbohydrate 50 g, Cholesterol 77 mg, Fat 16.6 g, Fiber 3.4 g, Protein 5.1 g, SaturatedFat 8.2 g, Sodium 360.3 mg, Sugar 34.2 g

CHOCOLATE PLUM PUDDING CAKE

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Make and share this Chocolate Plum Pudding Cake recipe from Food.com.

Provided by Barb in WNY

Categories Dessert

Time 1h22m

Yield 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 14

Ingredients

2/3 cup raisins, soaked in boiling water for 5 minutes
3/4 cup butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs
2 cups applesauce
3/4 cup white flour
3/4 cup whole wheat flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/3 cup cocoa
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
powdered sugar

Steps:

In a large bowl, cream butter with sugar.
Beat in eggs, then applesauce.
In another bowl, stir together flours, baking soda, salt, spices, and cocoa.
Beat into applesauce mixture and then stir in raisins and walnuts.
Turn batter into greased and floured tube pan.
Bake cake in a 350 F oven for 1 hour and 2 minutes, or until cake tests done with a toothpick.
Let cool on a rack and then chill.
When serving dust with powdered sugar.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 366.4, Fat 16.6, SaturatedFat 8.2, Cholesterol 83.4, Sodium 371.5, Carbohydrate 53.8, Fiber 3.4, Sugar 30.1, Protein 5.1