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   Chocolate Zucchini Cake

cake When you have Zucchini in your garden you start looking for new things to make with it. I found a recipe for a cake and thought I'd try it. Well it is one dam good cake! Much better than I thought it would be. I made a home made cream cheese frosting which really complimented the chocolate and light orangish taste.

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cups regular all-purpose flour, unsifted
  • 1/2 cup cocoa
  • 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 3/4 cup soft butter
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 2 teaspoons grated orange peel
  • 2 cups coarsely shredded zucchini
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
  2. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking powder, soda, salt, and cinnamon; set aside.
  3. With a mixer, beat together the butter and the sugar until they are smoothly blended. Add the eggs to the butter and sugar mixture one at a time, beating well after each addition. With a spoon, stir in the vanilla, orange peel, and zucchini.
  4. Alternately stir the dry ingredients and the milk into the zucchini mixture, including the nuts with the last addition.
  5. I made mine in two2 9 inch cake pans and cooked about 30 minutes at 350 degrees. It will be done when a wooden tooth pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan 15 minutes; turn out on wire rack to cool thoroughly.
Preparation time: 45 minute(s)

Cooking time: 20 minute(s)

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