"When you have a craving for a comforting dessert, try this pudding cake, which forms its own rich-tasting sauce as it bakes. The coffee flavor is subtle, but it adds complex depth to the cake's flavor...."
INGREDIENTS
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1/2 cup whole-wheat pastry flour (see Ingredient notes)
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1/2 cup all-purpose flour
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1/3 cup sugar or 3 tablespoons
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1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted
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1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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1 large egg
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1/2 cup 1% milk
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2 tablespoons canola oil
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2 teaspoons vanilla extract
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3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips (optional)
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1 1/3 cups hot brewed coffee
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2/3 cup packed light brown sugar or Splenda Granular
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1/4 cup chopped walnuts or pecans, toasted
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Confectioners' sugar for dusting
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Ingredient Note: Whole-wheat pastry flour--the whole-grain equivalent of cake flour--adds fiber and a rich, nutty taste. Substituting with Splenda: In the EatingWell Test Kitchen, sucralose is the only alternative sweetener we test with when we feel