Chocolate zucchini cake # 1

12 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2½ cup All-purpose flour
1 cup Cocoa powder
1 teaspoon Double-acting baking powder
1 teaspoon Baking soda
1 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Ground cinnamon
¾ cup Butter; softened
2 cups Sugar
3 Eggs
¾ cup Buttermilk
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
2 teaspoons Orange peel; grated
2 cups Zucchini; shredded
1 cup Nuts; chopped
1½ cup Powdered sugar; sifted
2½ tablespoon Fresh orange juice
1 teaspoon Orange peel; grated
1 cup Butter; melted

Directions

Sift together flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt.

Cream butter or margarine. Gradually add sugar, beat until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each. Beat in sifted dry ingredients, alternately with buttermilk. Stir in vanilla, orange peel, zucchini and nuts. Bake in a 10" tube pan at 350°F. for one hour. Turn out on rack, let cool for

15 minutes, and glaze.

GLAZE: Beat together powdered sugar, orange juice, orange peel and melted butter.

Recipe by: Elizabeth Powell

Posted to TNT Recipes Digest by BIZETTA <BIZETTA@...> on May 1, 1998

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