Add-ins

My daughter has returned to work and the girls and I hung out today. The plan was to bake cake, cookies and stepping stones. We finished with cupcakes and a cake.

I love chocolate! Love it! To make up for my affection, I use healthy add-ins. We were too busy for step by step pictures so imagine...

One cup of baked sweet potato. One egg. Four ounces of dairy - yogurt, sour cream, half and half. Whatever you have on hand. Some cinnamon and allspice. Sprinkle of cayenne. (That's a secret. Shh! No telling.) Mix until smooth. Add half the package of a boxed cake mix. If the batter is way too thick, add a bit of water - half a cup to start.

Add in chocolate chips, walnuts, coconut, chia seeds, dried fruit or anything else you love and that will turn this into a healthy delicacy.

Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or so depending on pan size or cupcakes, which take less time - 12 - 18 minutes. Frost if you like or enjoy warm from the pan. It's food!

As a child my mother used to add mashed potatoes to her homemade chocolate cakes. Long before there was pudding in the mix we had moist dense desserts. I have also read black bean chocolate cake recipes. Fall is coming. What a wonderful addition to the specialty choices.

YUM!