Chocolate Zucchini Cake Recipe

Name: Chocolate Zucchini Cake Recipe
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cup zucchini finely chopped; ¼ cup cocoa; 2 ½ cup all purpose flour; ½ tsp. baking powder; 1 tsp. baking soda; ½ cup butter or margarine; 2 eggs; ½ cup vegetable oil; 1 ½ cup granulated sugar; ½ cup sour milk; 2 tsp. cinnamon; 1 tsp. vanilla

Jessica Published May 26, 2020

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Zucchini may sound like an unlikely ingredient in a cake recipe. However, in this chocolate zucchini cake recipe, it adds flavor and texture to a regular chocolate cake.

How To Make Chocolate Zucchini Cake

2 cup zucchini (finely chopped )
¼ cup cocoa
2 ½ cup all purpose flour
½ tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
½ cup butter (or margarine)
2 eggs
½ cup vegetable oil
1 ½ cup granulated sugar
½ cup sour milk
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. vanilla

Cream butter, oil, sugar and eggs together until well blended.
Sift dry ingredients together and add to creamed mixture alternately with sour milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
Beat well and add zucchini.
Bake at 350 degrees in a greased 13x9x2 inch pan for 30 minutes.

Variation: Sprinkle top of above cake with 1/2 C. chocolate chips before baking.

How To Make Chocolate Zucchini Cake

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Preparation: 25 mins

Cooking: 30 mins

Total: 55 mins

Serves:

Ingredients

2 cup zucchini finely chopped
¼ cup cocoa
2 ½ cup all purpose flour
½ tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
½ cup butter or margarine
2 eggs
½ cup vegetable oil
1 ½ cup granulated sugar
½ cup sour milk
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. vanilla

Instructions

Cream butter, oil, sugar and eggs together until well blended.
Sift dry ingredients together and add to creamed mixture alternately with sour milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
Beat well and add zucchini.
Bake at 350 degrees in a greased 13x9x2 inch pan for 30 minutes.