Chocolate Zuccini Cake
From mystic_river1 16 years ago
- 45 minutes to make
- Serves 12
The main distinction of this particular cake is its moistness. The zucchini absorbs the cocoa delivering the full flavor of chocoate, but without the heaviness of some other chocolate cakes. I measure all chocolate cakes against this one. Read more .I guess it is my standard. See less
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups regular all-purpose flour, unsifted shopping list
- 1/2 cup cocoa shopping list
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder shopping list
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda shopping list
- 1 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon shopping list
- 3/4 cup soft butter shopping list
- 2 cups sugar shopping list
- 3 eggs shopping list
- 2 teaspoons vanilla shopping list
- 2 teaspoons grated orange peel shopping list
- 2 cups coarsely shredded zucchini shopping list
- 1/2 cup milk shopping list
- 1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans shopping list
- glaze shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Combine the four, cocoa, baking powder, soda, salt, and cinnamon; set aside.
- 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.
- Alternately stir the dry ingredients and the milk into the zucchini mixture, including the nuts with the last addition.
- Pour the batter into a greased and flour-dusted 10-inch tube pan or bundt pan.
- Bake in the oven for about 50 minutes (test at 45 minutes!) or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Cool in pan 15 minutes; turn out on wire rack to cool thoroughly.
- GLAZE: Mix together 2 cups powdered sugar, 3 Tablespoons milk, and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat until smooth.
- Drizzle over cake.
- Cut in thin slices to serve.
The Rating
Reviewed by 5 people-
Love the zucchini in this chocolate cake. That extra orange gives it a unique flavor.
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This looks quite good,and they photos are awesome! Since our garden is overloaded with zucchini this year I will give your recipe a try...
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