Chocolate Cake, healthy and tastes good

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Ingredients
  • ½ cup plus
  • 2 Tbsp butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 ½ cups Crosby’s Fancy Molasses
  • ¼ tsp ground cloves
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 2 tsp ground ginger
  • ¼ tsp allspice
  • 1 ¼ tsp baking soda dissolved in 2 tsp of warm water
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup milk
  • 2 ¼ cups flour
  • ¾ cup cocoa
  • 1 cup chocolate chips (optional)
Directions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350ºF.
  2. Line a 9 x 13 pan with parchment paper or grease and flour it well.
  3. Melt the butter along with the sugar, molasses and spices. Whisk it well and remove from heat.
  4. Whisk in the milk, eggs and baking soda-water mixture.
  5. Add the flour and cocoa and beat.
  6. Stir in chocolate chips.
  7. Pour into prepared pan and bake for 55 minutes to an hour, depending on the texture you prefer. If you’re planning to serve it warm for dessert with a little something alongside or poured over, it could stand to be a little sticky so you could pull it out after 50 minutes. But if you prefer it a little dryer (and if you plan to have some leftover for packing in lunches) then I’d recommend baking it longer