Katrina's Chocolate Date Cake

Katrina's Chocolate Date cake

A low fat chocolate date nut cake...just like my Mom used to make but without all of the fat and calories..you're gonna love this one.


1 cup Dates, chopped
1 cup boiling water
1 cup raw Sugar
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar free applesauce
4 Egg whites or 2 whole eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup All purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon Sea salt
1 cup Cocoa (good quality)

Topping
1/4 cup Chocolate chips, mini's
1/4 cup Pecans, chopped


Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Prepare 2 cupcake pans. You can line them with paper or spray with non stick cooking spray.

Chop dates into small pieces while you bring your water to a boil, add 1 cup of boiling water to the chopped dates. Add to the dates 1 teaspoon of baking soda and stir well. Set aside.

Add your flour, cocoa and salt to a bowl and stir well. Set aside.

In your Kitchen-aid add your butter and sugar.  Mix well. Add egg whites, one at a time. Beat for several minutes.
Add your soaking dates to your sugar mixture, along with all of the liquid. Mix well.

Add your flour mixture to the sugar and egg white batter.

Mix well but do not over mix!

Pour your cake mixture into a pourable container and fill your cupcakes 3/4 full.

To the top of your cakes you will add a bit of chopped pecans and a few mini chocolate chips.

Bake for 18 to 20 minutes. Yields 24 cakes.

Bon Appetit!