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Zucchini Chocolate Cake w/ Orange Glaze

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Bak: Zucchini Chocolate Cake w/ Orange Glaze

Healthy Cooking August/September 2011
18 reviews rate this recipe 4 of 5 stars.
Prep: 20 min. Bake: 50 min. + cooling
Yield: 16 servings.

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

Ingredients:
• 1/2 cup stick margarine or butter, softened (Imperial or Blue Bonnet Margarine)
1-1/2 cups sugar
• 2 large 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
• 1/4 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
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• GLAZE:
• 1-1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
• 2 tablespoons orange juice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:
1. Coat a 10-in. fluted tube pan with cooking spray and sprinkle with flour.

2. In a large bowl, cream margarine and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in applesauce and vanilla.

3. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and soda; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. Fold in the zucchini, walnuts and orange peel.

4. Transfer to prepared pan. Bake at 350° for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.

5. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Combine glaze ingredients; drizzle over cake.

1 slice equals 266 calories, 9 g fat (1.4 g saturated fat), 27 mg cholesterol, 165 mg sodium, 47 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 4 g protein.