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Preheat oven to 350°.
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Spray a 13x9x2-inch baking pan with Pam spray.
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Set aside.
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In large bowl mix together flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder and salt.
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Mix in milk, applesauce and vanilla extract; blend thoroughly.
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Pour into pan and spread evenly.
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In large bowl, mix all the pudding ingredients until sugar and cocoa are dissolved.
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Pour carefully and slowly over cake batter.
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The pudding will be runny and the cake will look "messy", but this is normal.
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Bake 35-40 minutes or until done.
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The cake will be firm to the touch when done.
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Toothpick test will not work with this cake as there is pudding underneath cake layer!
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Let cake rest 15 minutes to cool.
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To serve,cut cake and put on plate and then spoon the pudding over the top of cake slice.
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Can be served warm or cold.
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If served warm, it's a warm chocolate sauce.
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If served cold, it's cake with chocolate pudding.
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Cover and refrigerate leftovers up to 7 days in refrigerator.
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Or wrap tightly and freeze up to 2 months.