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We picked an enormous zucchini from the garden last week and I wanted to do something special with it. I'm tired of zucchini muffins and sauteed zucchini. Then I thought, what's more special than chocolate? I got this recipe from allrecipes.com and made a few adjustments.
I gave some to a neighbor who shared it with friends and they all wanted the recipe. Another friend gave it to a picky child and he liked it too! The nice thing is it has 3 cups of shredded zucchini and 1 cup of wheat flour.
For the icing, use whatever you like. I tried a homemade cream cheese but it was a little strong for me. I'll try a regular vanilla next time or just some powdered sugar.
Ingredients:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup wheat flour
2 cups sugar
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
4 eggs
1 1/2 cup vegetable oil (I used 1 1/4 cup of canola)
3 cups finely grated zucchini
3/4 cup chopped walnuts (I used chocolate chips instead)
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease a 9x13 inch baking pan
2. In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Add eggs and oil, mix well. Fold in the nuts and zucchini until evenly distributed. Pour into prepared pan
3. Bake for 50-60 minutes until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool cake completely before frosting with your favorite frosting.
