Chocolate Cherry Pudding Cake

Chocolate Cherry Pudding Cake

Ingredients:
wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched
sugars, granulated
cocoa, dry powder, unsweetened
leavening agents, baking powder, double-acting, sodium aluminum sulfate
milk, fluid, 1% fat, without added vitamin a and vitamin d
applesauce, canned, unsweetened, without added ascorbic acid (includes usda commodity)
cherries, sweet, raw
nuts, pecans
sugars, brown
water, bottled, generic
cocoa, dry powder, unsweetened

Directions:
Combine flour, sugar, 1/3 cup cocoa and baking powder in a large bowl; stir in milk and applesauce until dry ingredients are moistened.
Fold in cherries and pecans.
Spoon batter into a greased and floured 13 by 9 inch pan.
Combine brown sugar, hot water and 1/4 cup cocoa in medium bowl until smooth.
Pour over batter.
Bake at 350 for 35-40 minutes or until set (cake will have a pudding-like texture).
Serve warm or at room temperature.