Happy Birthday MOMMA!

I've been meaning to mention the fact that a few days ago was my mom's birthday!!  Of course it was a few days ago and she certainly doesn't care because she doesn't read this anyways.  Haha.  But I mention it mainly because I wanted to brag about the awesome cake I made (and no I don't have pictures.  Maybe someday I will be a proper food blogger.  But clearly that day is not today.)

My mom's approach to eating healthy tends to take the form of limiting desserts, so while I knew she would love something decadent and creative (my typical birthday favorites,) I also knew that there would be quite a bit leftover and I wanted to make something that she wouldn't feel bad eating for days on end.  I also knew that we still had quite a few leftover apples from our Vermont apple-picking adventure.  And I knew that I am obsessed with chocolate.  So I headed to google and made some adjustments to this vegan low-fat chocolate applesauce cake.

Vegan Low-Fat Apple-Banana Cake:

• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tbsp cornstarch
• 2 1/2 tsp baking soda
• a few pinches of salt
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 1 cup applesauce
• 2 large bananas

So I must say, I had no idea how this was going to turn out but I was pleasantly surprised at the results!  It was very dense and chocolate-y enough for this chocoholic but not too sweet at all!  We've been eating it for days here and still are not sick of it.  And it's sort of healthy because it has fruit in it, right??

P.S.  Because this cake is not super sweet, I compensated with a very sweet spiced buttercream frosting.  It was delish!!