Chocolate Zucchini cake
Source of Recipe
Gooseberry patch
List of Ingredients
1 3/4 cups sugar
1 egg
3/4 cup oil
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups grated zucchini
2 1/2 cups flour
1/3 cup dark chocolate cocoa powder
1 1/2 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon salt
Mocha Frosting
1/2 cup butter softened to room temperature
1 1/2 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
3-4 tablespoons half and half
Recipe
Preheat oven 350 degrees.
Lightly grease a 9 x 13 baking dish and set aside.
In a mixing bowl with an electric mixer using the paddle attachment cream sugar, egg, oil, and vanilla.
When mixture is creamy add the zucchini and mix well.
In a medium bowl, mix flour, coco powder, soda, and salt, and add to the zucchini mixture.
Mix well and pour into the greased baking dish.
Bake 35-40 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
Cool to room temperature and frost cake with the Mocha Frosting.
Mocha Frosting:
In a medium mixing bowl with an electric mixer using the whisk attachment, cream butter, cocoa powder, and vanilla. Add powder sugar alternating with half and half one tablespoon at a time until a creamy consistency for frosting a cake is reached.
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