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Zucchini Chocolate Cake Recipe

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This moist, chocolatey cake makes good use of summer’s bounty of zucchini. Serve it alone or with fresh berries. —Weda Mosellie, Phillipsburg, New Jersey

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Zucchini Chocolate Cake Recipe

Prep: 25 min. Bake: 45 min. + cooling

Yield: 15 Servings

25 45 70

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened
1-3/4 cups sugar
1/2 cup canola oil
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup 2% milk
1/2 cup buttermilk
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup baking cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups shredded zucchini
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Confectioners' sugar

Directions

In a large bowl, beat the butter, sugar and oil until smooth. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine milk and buttermilk. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt; add to batter alternately with milk mixture, beating well after each addition. Fold in zucchini.
Transfer to a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan. Sprinkle with chocolate chips. Bake at 325° for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Dust with confectioners' sugar. Yield: 15 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 piece (calculated without confectioners' sugar) equals 341 calories, 17 g fat (6 g saturated fat), 46 mg cholesterol, 248 mg sodium, 45 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 5 g protein.

Originally published as Zucchini Chocolate Cake in Country Extra September 2010, p46

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Reviewed on Sep. 04, 2012 by lky102058

best zucchini recipe I have ever tried. My husband and friends say this is a keeper for sure!

Reviewed on Sep. 01, 2012 by little_brat

This cake is so light and fluffy with the perfect amount of chocolate. Sooooo good!

Reviewed on Aug. 16, 2012 by JkayC

Moist and delicious. Excellent recipe.

Reviewed on Aug. 14, 2012 by dvreeke

Just made this cake yesteday and it was great. I did cheat and put on a cream cheese frosting. Ended up having cake for breakfast today, I liked it so much. I guess I'm not diet conscious.

Reviewed on Aug. 07, 2012 by GrandmaSandra

Best chocolate cake I ever tasted. So rich and moist. MY HUSBAND LOVED IT! I had to hide the fact that it had zucchini as an ingredient or he would not have even tried it. He had a piece for supper and said he would want another while watching the ballgame tonight.

Reviewed on Jul. 19, 2012 by BarbC7

I thought this recipe was too sweet but everyone else loved it. They all thought it was brownies. They said they were so moist and that they are. I am going to make this again today to take over to the church.

Reviewed on Nov. 09, 2011 by navywife916

This was a very good cake, a little different with the zucchini. I used some that I had frozen a month or so earlier. May be a little better with fresh! Got a thumbs up from my husband and 2 little ones!

Reviewed on Nov. 03, 2011 by Conleyd

Delicious! Very moist, and easy to make.

Reviewed on Sep. 30, 2011 by loiacanoe

Amazing! Everyone loved it!

Reviewed on Sep. 09, 2011 by Mrs. Peters

I made muffins with this recipe! Very good!!

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