Chocolate Zucchini Cake 3


Course : Cakes
Serves: 10
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Ingredients:


2 1/2 cups flour

1/2 cup cocoa

2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon cinnamon

3/4 cup soft butter or margarine

2 cups sugar

3 large eggs

2 tablespoons vanilla

2 tablespoons grated orange peel

2 cups coarsely shredded zucchini

1/2 cup milk

1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts

---GLAZE---

2 cups powdered sugar

3 tablespoons milk

1 teaspoon vanilla
 

Preparation / Directions:


Combine the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon; set aside. With a rotary mixer beat together the butter and sugar until they are smoothly blended. Add the eggs one at at ime, beating well after each addition. With a spoon, stir in the vanilla, orange peel, and zucchini, alternatley stir the dry ingredients and the milk into zucchini mixture, including the nuts with last addition. Pour batter into a greased and flour dusted 10 inch tube pan or bundt pan. Bake 350 oven for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 15 minutes; turn out on wire rack to cool thoroughly. Drizzle glaze over cake. Cut in thin slices to serve. GLAZE: Mix glaze ingredients and beat until smooth.


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