Snow Dusted Chocolate Peppermint Cake
not only is this delish but if you follow weight watchers it is just 3 Points each and the recipe makes 9 Slices –
Holiday combination at it’s best. A perfectly moist, rich, deep dark chocolate peppermint cake dusted with powdered sugar. No sweeteners used, gave it all the real stuff 🙂
Snow Dusted Chocolate Peppermint Cake
Ingredients
Used 8×4 loaf tin, greased
3/4 cup Self Rising Flour (96 grams)
3 Tbsps of Unsweetened Cocoa powder, I used Hershey’s Special Dark, you can use regular if you prefer
1/3 cup white granulated sugar
1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/2 cup water
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp of peppermint extract
1/2 tsp of confectioner sugar for dusting
Directions
Preheat oven 350 degrees
Whisk together sugar/applesauce, whisk in water, extracts.
Mix flour and cocoa powder, whisk into wet ingredients. Pour into prepared tin.
Bake 22-26 minutes. I did 26 minutes, toothpick check at 18, 23 & 26 minutes. Don’t overbake.
Remove from tin as soon as it will fall out, let cool completely on rack before dusting with snow (confectioner sugar)

Snow Dusted Chocolate Peppermint Cake
Ingredients
- Used 8x4 loaf tin greased
- 3/4 cup Self Rising Flour 96 grams
- 3 Tbsps of Unsweetened Cocoa powder I used Hershey's Special Dark, you can use regular if you prefer
- 1/3 cup white granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp of peppermint extract
- 1/2 tsp of confectioner sugar for dusting
Instructions
- Preheat oven 350 degrees
- Whisk together sugar/applesauce, whisk in water, extracts.
- Mix flour and cocoa powder, whisk into wet ingredients. Pour into prepared tin.
- Bake 22-26 minutes. I did 26 minutes, toothpick check at 18, 23 & 26 minutes. Don't overbake.
- Remove from tin as soon as it will fall out, let cool completely on rack before dusting with snow (confectioner sugar)
Recipe Notes
Holiday combination at it's best. A perfectly moist, rich, deep dark chocolate peppermint cake dusted with powdered sugar. No sweeteners used, gave it all the real stuff 🙂
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