Zucchini Chocolate Cake with Orange Glaze |
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Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 50 Minutes |
Ready In: 70 Minutes Servings: 16 |
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This moist and mouthwatering cake has a rich chocolate flavor, a hint of orange and is chock-full of zucchini and nuts. âBarbara Worrel, Granbury, Texas Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter, softened |
1-1/2 cups sugar |
2 eggs |
1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce |
1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
2-1/2 cups king arthur unbleached all-purpose flour |
1/2 cup baking cocoa |
1-1/4 teaspoons baking powder |
1 teaspoon salt |
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon |
1/2 teaspoon baking soda |
1/2 cup fat-free milk |
3 cups shredded zucchini |
1/2 cup chopped walnuts |
1 tablespoon grated orange peel |
glaze: |
1-1/4 cups confectioners' sugar |
2 tablespoons orange juice |
1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
Directions:
1. Coat a 10-in. fluted tube pan with cooking spray and sprinkle with flour.
2. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in applesauce and vanilla.
3. Combine the flour, baking cocoa, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and soda; add to the creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. Fold in the zucchini, walnuts and orange peel.
4. Transfer to prepared pan. Bake at 350° for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
5. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.
6. In a small bowl, combine glaze ingredients. Drizzle over cake. Yield: 16 servings.
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