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Zucchini Chocolate Cake




Source of Recipe


BBR


Recipe Introduction


Posted by: homesweethome **********Here's a rich tasting chocolate zucchini cake. I also included two chocolate frosting recipes you can use to frost the cake with.





List of Ingredients




4 ounces unsweetened chocolate
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
2 cups sugar
3 eggs, beaten
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 cups sifted all-purpose unbleached flour
1/3 cup cocoa
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup buttermilk or sour cream
3 cups coarsely grated zucchini or summer squash
1/2 cup chopped nuts

Preheat the oven to 350ºF.
Melt the chocolate and oil in a small saucepan over very low heat.
Cream the butter until light; add the sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Beat well. Add the melted chocolate and mix well.
Sift together the dry ingredients and stir them into the batter with the buttermilk. Mix the zucchini and nuts into the batter.
Grease and flour two 9-inch cake pans. Divide the batter between the pans. Bake on the middle shelf of the oven for 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool the cake completely before frosting with whipped cream or your favorite frosting.



Recipe



Cream Cheese Frosting

3/4 cup butter at room temperature
8 ounces cream cheese at room temperature
4 cups confectioners' sugar

Cream together the butter and cream cheese until the mixture is light and fluffy. Slowly add the confectioners' sugar until well-blended, using more sugar if necessary to get a spreading consistency.


Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting

1 package (8 ounces cream cheese), softened
1/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups confectioners' sugar
1 cup (6 ounces) chocolate chips, melted
1 container (8 ounces) whipped topping

In medium bowl, beat cream cheese and milk until light and creamy. Add vanilla. Gradually add confectioners' sugar, mixing well. Stir in chocolate. Fold in whipped topping.
Frost cool cake and refrigerate.


Chocolate Fudge Frosting

6 tablespoons milk
1 tablespoon butter
2 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
1/2 cup cocoa
1/8 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon vanilla

In saucepan over low heat, combine milk and butter until butter melts. Meanwhile combine sugar, cocoa, and salt. Remove saucepan from heat. Stir in the sugar mixture, about 1/4 cup at a time. Stir in vanilla. Beat until smooth and creamy. Frost between layers and top of cake.