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Chocolate Zucchini Cake

Yield
Makes 2 cakes
Category
Cakes and Frostings
Course
Desserts
Credit
King's Hill Inn, South Paris, Maine
Sources
Yankee's B&B and Inn Directory

Chocolate Zucchini Cake
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This Chocolate Zucchini Cake is the best chocolate cake ever! It’s moist and chocolatey and (almost) guilt-free! The cake freezes well to pull out any time.

Plus, it is a great way to kids to eat their zucchini because they’ll never know it’s in there!

Ingredients
1/2 cup margarine, softened
1/2 cup oil
1-1/3 cups sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup "sour" milk*
1 teaspoon vanilla
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup cocoa
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 cups diced zucchini
12 ounces mini chocolate chips
Confectioners' sugar (optional), for garnish
Instructions

*For sour milk, mix 1/2 cup milk with 1 teaspoon vinegar or lemon juice and let sit for a few minutes.

Cream together margarine, oil, and sugar. Add eggs, milk, and vanilla; beat until well blended. In a separate bowl, mix together dry ingredients, then add to creamed mixture. Beat well. Stir in zucchini. Spoon batter into two greased and floured medium loaf pans. Sprinkle chocolate chips over top. Bake at 325 degrees 40 to 50 minutes. Remove from pan and let cool. Sprinkle with confectioners’ sugar.

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Comments

Razzle (not verified)

5 days 9 hours ago

It does sound wonderful... however I'm looking for a true fudge chocolate zucchini cake. A coworkers wife brought one in for us to enjoy at work and MAN!! She gave me the recipe but it seemed to have lost it. They moved the company out of the country several years ago and I've lost touch😒

J in MA (not verified)

3 years 7 months ago

Any suggestions to sub out the butter/oil?? Although oil I may opt to go coconut oil as it does tend to enhance chocolate. Could butter be replaced with applesauce or something else? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Hi, J in MA. Coconut oil is a good idea. As far as the butter substitution, if you want to use unsweetened applesauce be sure to use half as much as the butter measurement. Since this recipe calls for 1/2 cup margarine/butter, use 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce. You could also try substituting with mashed avocado. That sub is done in equal amounts.

carolparrish (not verified)

7 years 11 months ago

Sounds delicious. Will try.