Zucchini chocolate cake
Yield: 16 servings
Ingredients:
- 2 1/2 c Flour; unbleached sifted 1/4 c Cocoa; baking
- 1 ts Baking soda 1 ts Salt
- 1/2 c Butter or regular margarine 1/2 c Vegetable oil
- 1 3/4 c Sugar 2 ea Eggs; large
- 1 ts Vanilla extract 1/2 c Buttermilk
- 2 c Zucchini; unpeeled grated 6 oz Semisweet chocolate chips
- 3/4 c Walnuts; chopped
Instructions:
Sift together flour cocoa baking soda and salt; set aside. Cream together the butter oil and sugar in a mixing bowl until light and fluffy using an electric mixer at medium speed. Beat in eggs one at a time beating well after each addition. Blend in Vanilla Extract. Add dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk to creamed mixture beating well after each addition. Stir in zucchini. Pour batter into a greased 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan. Sprinkle with chocolate chips and walnuts. Bake in a preheated 325 degree F. oven for 55 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool in pan on rack. Cut into squares and serve.
