Recipe

Chocolate Zucchini Cake Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Nancerose / All my dishes 1 year, 4 months ago This cake is light and luscious, with irristable smooth custard sauce on top. Prep:30m Cook:55m Servings:12	Nancerose
	chocolate zucchini cake

Does this look good? Yeah! / Nope

Fans

momo_55gra

Ingredients

1 3/4 cups sugar

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1/4 cup butter, softened

2 eggs

1/2 cup buttermilk

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 1/2 cups unbleached flour

1/4 cup baking cocoa

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

1/4 tsp ground cloves

2 cups finely shredded zucchini

1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips

1/2 cup sliced almonds

In a large mixing bowl, beat sugar, oil and butter. Add eggs, buttermilk and vanilla; mix well. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and cloves, gradually ad to oil mixture. Stir in the zucchini, chocolate chips and almonds. Pour into a greased and floured 10-in tube or fluted tube pan. Bake a 325 degrees F for 55 - 60 minutes or until toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack.

Directions

Custard Sauce

1/2 cup sugar

2 tbsp unbleached flour

1 tbsp cornstarch

3 cups millk

3 egg yolks

3 tbsp butter

1/4 tsp almond extreact

For sauce, in a large saucepan, combine the sugar, flour and cornstarch. Stir in milk until smooth. cook and stir over medium-high until smooth. Cook and stir over medium-high heat until thickened and bubbly. Reduce heat cook and stir 2 minutes longer.

Remove from heat. Stir a small amount of hot filling into egg yolks; return all to pan, stirring constantly. Bring to a gently boil; cook and stir 2 minutes longer. Remove from the heat. Gently stir in butter and extract. Serve warm sauce with cake; store leftover sauce in the refrigerator.

~Enjoy~

Recent Gawkers