Chocolate Sauerkraut Cake - Best Crockpot Recipe

8 servings
3/4cup sugar
1/4 cup vegetable shortening
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon each: baking powder, baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup beer or water
1/3cup finely chopped sauerkraut, well-drained, rinsed
Chocolate Glaze (recipe)

Per Serving:
Calories: 210% calories from fat: 30 Protein (gm): 3.1 Carbohydrate (gm): 32.9 Fat (gm): 6.9 Saturated fat (gm): 2 Cholesterol (mg): 23.2 Sodium (mg): 229

Exchanges:
Milk: 0.0 Vegetable: 0.0 Fruit: 0.0 Bread: 2.0 Meat: 0.0 Fat: 1.0

1. Beat sugar and shortening in large bowl until blended; beat in egg, vanilla, and cocoa. Mix in combined flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt alternately with beer, beginning and ending with dry ingredients; mix in sauerkraut.
2. Pour batter into greased and floured 6-cup fluted cake pan; place on rack in 6-quart crockpot. Cover and cook on high until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean, 21/2 to 3 hours. Cool cake on wire rack 10 minutes; invert onto rack and cool. Drizzle Chocolate Glaze over.