Hillbilly's Chocolate Applesauce Cake

• 34 cup butter or 34 cup margarine, melted
• 1 12-2 cups sugar (I used 1.5C, and it's not super sweet. I think 2C would very good)
• 2 medium eggs or 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 12 cup buttermilk (I reconsitituted dried buttermilk) or 12 cup yogurt (I reconsitituted dried buttermilk) or 12 cup sour milk (I reconsitituted dried buttermilk)
• 1 12 cups applesauce
• 12 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 13 cup unsweetened cocoa
• 2 12 cups flour

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and oil a 9x13 baking dish.
2. With a mixer or whisk, combine sugar and melted butter.
3. Add eggs and vanilla extract.
4. Beat well until creamy.
5. Beat in applesauce and buttermilk/yogurt/sour milk.
6. Add salt, baking soda, cocoa, and flour.
7. I sifted all of the dried ingredients onto parchment paper, then added it slowly to my mixer while it was stirring.
8. This helped inhibit clumps from forming.
9. Otherwise, mix it for a couple of minutes to make it smooth (200 strokes if mixing it by hand).
10. Pour batter into oiled baking dish.
11. Bake for 35-45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
12. Allow to cool before spreading icing on top.

butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, buttermilk, applesauce, salt, baking soda, unsweetened cocoa, flour

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/hillbillys-chocolate-applesauce-cake-186665 (may not work)