Chocolate Applesauce Cake III

Ingredients

• cup sunbleached all-purpose flour
• tablespoon sunsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 teaspoon sbaking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup swhite sugar
• eggs
• teaspoon svanilla extra ct
• cup sunsweetened applesauce
• cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan. Sift together the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt in a bowl. Set aside.
2. In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, using an electric mixer set on medium speed. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Blend in the vanilla extract. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the applesauce.
3. Pour the batter into a 9x13 inch baking pan. Sprinkle with the chocolate chips and chopped walnuts. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool in the pan on a wire rack.