Secret Ingredient Chocolate Cake

Name: Secret Ingredient Chocolate Cake
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 12 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour; 1/2 cup cocoa; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 2/3 cup butter, softened; 1 1/2 cups sugar, granulated; 3 eggs; 2 teaspoons vanilla; 1 cup water; 3/4 cup bick's wine-cured sauerkraut, rinsed, drained, finely chopped

Submitted by Chef mariajane

"This is an amazingly moist cake thanks to a surprising ingredient: sauerkraut!! But don't worry, you can't taste the sauerkraut. This is a chocolate lover's cake... and a "can't wait" dessert that's sure to become a family favorite."

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Ready In:: 40mins
Ingredients:: 11
Serves:: 12

ingredients

2 ¹⁄₄ cups all-purpose flour
¹⁄₂ cup cocoa
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt
²⁄₃ cup butter, softened
1 ¹⁄₂ cups sugar, granulated
3 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 cup water
³⁄₄ cup bick's wine-cured sauerkraut, rinsed, drained, finely chopped

directions

Preheat oven to 350°F Grease and flour two eight inch round layer cake pans.
Combine first 5 ingredients. Mix well.
In a separate bowl, cream together butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla on medium speed of electric mixer until light and fluffy.
Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture alternately with water, making 3 dry and two liquid additions, combining lightly after each . Stir in sauerkraut.
Spread batter evenly in prepared pans. Bake in preheated oven for 35-40 pans. Bake in preheated oven 35-40 minutes, or until cake springs back when lightly touched. Cool 10 minutes, then remove from pans to wire rack. Cool completely. Fill and frost as desired.

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Reviews

I haven't made this in years. While I use only regular saurkraut, I put it in the blender, add water, and chop it there then drain in a wire mesh colander and rinse again. This is a wonderfully moist cake. You don't taste the saurkraut at all! Now I am hungry for it and will probably make it this week and top it with my ice cream frosting---even though there isn't any ice cream in the frosting. This is what my kids called it. AWESOME CAKE!

Chef Bronco

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Chef mariajane

I am a 56 year old Gramma that, for the first time in my life, has purchase myself a computer, and I didn't know what i was missing!! I have a husband tha I adore, and 4 grandchildren that of course surpass all others - lol - I am disabled, and am an at home person, so I have a lot of time on my hands, to play with my recipes, and I am enjoying every bit of it - My husband will eat anything that I cook, so I have carte blanche as far as that goes, so I have a great time trying out new recipes. Paula Deen has published some of my favorite cookbooks, her recipes are easy and quick to do. Her sweets are fantastics, especially her pound cakes, Yummm I guess the dish that I am famous for is my Christmas ham - my family all comes home for Christmas, and if i don't have my ham they are dissapointed, and my grandson wants the pistachio squares!!! so I guess that is the dishes that I'm famous for.

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