Zucchini Chocolate Cake
Source of Recipe
4 on 4
List of Ingredients
4 oz Unsweetened chocolate
1/2 c Butter at room temperature
1 T Vanilla Extract
3 ea Eggs, beaten
2 c Flour; Unbleached, Sifted
2 t Baking Soda
1 t Salt
3 c Zucchini; Coarsely Grated
---------------------------CREAM CHEESE
FROSTING---------------------------
3/4 c Utter, at room temp
4 c Onfectioner's sugar
Recipe
1. Melt chocolate and oil over very low heat.
2. Cream butter until light. Add sugar, eggs, and
vanilla; beat well.
3. Add melted chocolate to butter mixture and mix well.
4. Sift dry ingredients together, then add them
alternately with the
buttermilk to creamed mixture, beating well after each
addition.
5. Mix the zucchini and nuts into the batter.
6. Pour batter into 2 greased and floured 9" pans. Bake
in preheated
350 degree oven for 40 minutes or until cake tests done.
Cool completely; frost with whipped cream or other
desired frosting.
CREAM CHEESE FROSTING: Cream together the butter and cream
cheese
until light and fluffy. Slowly add confectioner's sugar
until well
blended. Use more sugar if necessary, to get a spreading
consistency.
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