Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cake!

Continuing with the pumpkin theme, I found this absolutely delicious recipe for a moist pumpkin chocolate chip cake. I have modified it (from allrecipes.com) to be a bit healthier (less oil) but chocolatier (is that a word?). My Mom's birthday is tomorrow so this is part of her birthday gift. Mmm!





Ingredients:
-2 cups sugar
-3/4 cup oil
-1/2 cup unsweetened apple sauce
-1 tsp vanilla extract
-1 can (14-16 oz) pumpkin puree
-4 eggs
-2 cups flour
-3 tsp baking powder
-2 tsp baking soda
-1/4 tsp salt
-2 tsp ground cinnamon
-1 cup (or more) chocolate chips
-cocoa powder (to dust pan)

Directions:
-Set oven to 350
-Spray bundt pan and 2 small loaf pans lightly coat them with cocoa powder
-Mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon
-In another bowl, mix sugar, oil, applesauce
-In this same wet ingredient bowl, blend in vanilla and pumpkin
-Again in this same wet ingredient bowl, mix in eggs
-Add dry mixture to the wet mixture
-Add in chocolate chips
-Pour into pans
-Bake for 30 minutes (can take longer...until toothpick comes out clean)

It makes about 14 servings (393 calories per serving)

You can also use different pans for this. I just like bundt cakes. You can also switch out the applesauce for another 1/2 cup of oil, but honestly, I like the taste of this version. I dust the pans with cocoa powder to match the chocolate chips. You can also dust with flour and sub out chocolate chips and put in nuts instead. It's a very versatile (and yummy) recipe!

Update! I tried again, but took the oil out completely and added in 1 cup (total 1.5 cups) unsweetened applesauce. It was just as delicious. I also made it in cupcake form- light and yummy!

New calorie total: 297 calories (14 servings- actually makes far more cupcakes than this though)