Chocolate Pumpkin Cake
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Recipe type: Cake
Cuisine: Dessert
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Serves: 1 13x9 cake
 
A deliciously chocolatey cake, using pumpkin, but with no pumpkin flavor!
Ingredients
  • 1 cup coconut oil, NOT melted
  • 1½ cups brown sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 cups pumpkin puree
  • 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
  • ½ cup cocoa powder
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 2 tbsp sour cream
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 cup dark chocolate chips
  • Whipped Cream, for serving
  • Toffee Bits or mini chocolate chips, for serving
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. In a large bowl, using a handheld mixer, beat together coconut oil, brown sugar, eggs and pumpkin puree.
  3. In a small, separate bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt
  4. Add the dry mixture slowly to the wet, using the beaters on low. Do not over mix
  5. Add sour cream and vanilla extract, continue beating on low
  6. Stir in chocolate chips
  7. Spoon into greased and floured 13x9 pan.
  8. Bake 35 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean
  9. Top with whipped cream and toffee bits or chocolate chips , if desired
  10. Refrigerate any leftovers
Recipe by Girl and Her Kitchen at http://www.girlandherkitchen.com/2017/11/chocolate-pumpkin-cake.html