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Zucchini Chocolate Cake with Orange Glaze Recipe

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This moist and mouthwatering cake has a rich chocolate flavor, a hint of orange and is chock-full of zucchini and nuts. —Barbara Worrel, Granbury, Texas

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Zucchini Chocolate Cake with Orange Glaze Recipe

Prep: 20 min. Bake: 50 min. + cooling

Yield: 16 Servings

20 50 70

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened
1-1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup baking cocoa
1-1/4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup fat-free milk
3 cups shredded zucchini
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1 tablespoon grated orange peel
GLAZE:
1-1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons orange juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

Coat a 10-in. fluted tube pan with cooking spray and sprinkle with flour.
In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in applesauce and vanilla.
Combine the flour, baking cocoa, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and soda; add to the creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. Fold in the zucchini, walnuts and orange peel.
Transfer to prepared pan. Bake at 350° for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.
In a small bowl, combine glaze ingredients. Drizzle over cake. Yield: 16 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 slice equals 282 calories, 9 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 42 mg cholesterol, 273 mg sodium, 47 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 4 g protein.

Originally published as Zucchini Chocolate Cake with Orange Glaze in Healthy Cooking August/September 2011, p20

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Reviewed on Aug. 10, 2011 by lrazzano

Great cake! Very moist. Everyone who tried it asked for the recipe.

Reviewed on Aug. 05, 2011 by kaylan2009

We really liked it! Very moist.

Reviewed on Jul. 16, 2011 by mrskscookies

I'd like to finish my review...unfortunately, I did not have any walnuts for my cake so I just left them out, and found the cake was fine without. the glaze melts into the cake and adds just enough orange flavor and moistness to make it even better. I'll make it again.

Reviewed on Jul. 16, 2011 by mrskscookies

I baked this cake today and loved the outcome...it's a very moist cake. The orange compliments the chocolate, especially since I used dark cocoa in mine. Un

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