Chocolate Walnut & Cranberry Cake

Few months ago we shifted to our own house after it's renovation & it was really tiresome to set the house all over again. That's when I thought of making something different...baking always lifts my spirit ;) .... So I searched & found this amazing recipe. Awesome brownie-like cake with lovely chocolate flavor and crunch of cranberries & walnuts. 

Ingredients

1 2/3 cups plain flour (Maida)

1 1/2 cups sugar

3/4 cup cocoa powder

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 cup applesauce 

1/2 cup plain soy milk

1/4 cup olive oil

1 cup sweetened dried cranberries

1/2 cup chopped walnuts, toasted

1 tbsp powdered sugar + pinch of cinnamon powder

Method

Preheat oven to 180ºC.

Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda & salt in a large bowl, stirring with a whisk. 

Mix in cranberries & walnuts to the flour.

Combine applesauce, milk, & oil. 

Add sugar and mix well.

Add dry mixture to wet mixture in batches, folding each time lightly.

Pour the batter in greased tin.

Bake for 50 minutes or until edges begin to pull away from sides of pan. Cool on a wire rack. 

Sprinkle with powdered sugar + cinnamon.

Tips

* This recipe makes 1 big (about one kg) cake. So you can half the recipe to get smaller cake.

* I used homemade apple sauce (refer to album "Basic Recipes" for recipe).

* Cow milk can be used instead of soy milk.

* You can use any other vegetable oil in place of olive oil (I like olive best).