Chocolate Zucchini Cake Recipe

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Chocolate Zucchini Cake
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Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350°.
  2. To prepare cake, coat a 12-cup Bundt pan with cooking spray; dust pan with 1 tablespoon flour.
  3. Place granulated sugar and next 3 ingredients in a large bowl, and beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended (about 5 minutes). Add eggs and egg whites, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in 1 teaspoon vanilla.
  4. Weigh or lightly spoon 11.25 ounces flour (about 2 1/2 cups) into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour and next 5 ingredients in a medium bowl, stirring with a whisk.
  5. Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately to sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Stir in zucchini and chocolate chips. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake at 350° for 1 hour or until a long wooden pick inserted in cake comes out clean. Cool pan on a wire rack 10 minutes. Remove cake from pan; cool completely on wire rack.
  6. To prepare glaze, combine 3/4 cup powdered sugar and 3 tablespoons cocoa in a small bowl; stir with a whisk. Combine milk, 2 tablespoons chocolate chips, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla in a 1-cup glass measure. Microwave at HIGH 30 seconds or until chocolate melts. Combine powdered sugar mixture with chocolate mixture, stirring with a whisk. Drizzle glaze over cake.
  7. Young Chefs can:
  8. Measure shredded zucchini and chocolate chips
  9. Add zucchini and chocolate chips to batter
  10. Older Chefs can:
  11. Help shred zucchini
  12. Prepare glaze, and drizzle over cake
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 403.52 Kcal (1689 kJ)
Calories from fat 149.27 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 16.59g 26%
Cholesterol 24.99mg 8%
Sodium 312.07mg 13%
Potassium 541.58mg 12%
Total Carbs 62.4g 21%
Sugars 35.9g 144%
Dietary Fiber 2.48g 10%
Protein 5.99g 12%
Vitamin C 0.5mg 1%
Iron 1.7mg 9%
Calcium 72.8mg 7%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 358.85 Kcal (1502 kJ)
Calories from fat 132.75 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 14.75g 26%
Cholesterol 22.23mg 8%
Sodium 277.52mg 13%
Potassium 481.63mg 12%
Total Carbs 55.49g 21%
Sugars 31.92g 144%
Dietary Fiber 2.2g 10%
Protein 5.32g 12%
Vitamin C 0.4mg 1%
Iron 1.5mg 9%
Calcium 64.8mg 7%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 9
    Points
  • 11
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

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