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Chocolate Zucchini Cake




Source of Recipe


Cooking Light






Recipe Introduction


16 servings





List of Ingredients



• Cake:
  
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  
• 1/2 cup (4 oz) fat-free cream cheese, softened
  
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  
• 2 large eggs
  
• 2 large egg whites
  
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
  
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
  
• 2 tsp baking powder
  
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
  
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
  
• 3/4 cup fat-free buttermilk
  
• 2 cups shredded zucchini
  
• 2/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips
  
• 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
  
• Glaze:
  
• 3/4 cup powdered sugar
  
• 3 tbsp unsweetened cocoa
  
• 8 tsp fat-free milk
  
• 2 tbsp semisweet chocolate chips
  
• 1 tsp instant coffee granules
  
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  






Instructions



1. Preheat oven to 350*.
   
2. To prepare cake, coat a 12-cup Bundt pan with cooking spray; dust pan with 1 tbsp flour.
   
3. Place sugars, cream cheese, and vegetable oil in a large bowl, and beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended (about 5 mintues). Add eggs and egg whites, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in 1 tsp vanilla extract.
   
4. Lightly spoon 2 1/2 cups flour into dry measuring cups, and level with a knife. Combine flour and next 5 ingredients (flour through cinnamon) in a medium bowl, stirring well with a whisk.
   
5. Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately to sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Stir in zucchini, 2/3 cup chocolate chips, and nuts. pour batter into prepared pan. Bake at 350* for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in cake comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack; remove pan. Cool completely on wire rack.
   
6. To prepare glaze, combine 3/4 cup powdered sugar and 3 tbsp cocoa in a small bowl; stir with a whisk. Combine milk, 2 tbsp chocolate chips, coffee, and 1/2 tsp vanilla extract in a 1-cup glass measuring cup. Microwave at medium 45 seconds or until chocolate melts, stirring after 20 seconds. Combine powdered sugar mixture with chocolate mixture, stirring with a whisk. Drizzle glaze over cake.