Chocolate zucchini cake
Chocolate zucchini cake recipe in the egg category
Recipe ingredients:
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon salt, optional
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 3/4 cup applesauce
- 4 eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 2 cups shredded zucchini, about 1 1/2 to 2 small, 10 ounces
- Confectioners sugar
Recipe method:
- In medium bowl, stir together flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt, if desired. Set aside.
- In large mixing bowl at medium speed, beat together sugar and butter until light and fluffy.
- Beat in applesauce, eggs and vanilla until thoroughly blended.
- Reduce mixer speed to low and gradually beat in reserved flour mixture.
- Gently stir in zucchini.
- Pour into lightly greased 9 cup fluted tube pan.
- Bake in preheated 350 degrees F oven until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean, about 60 to 70 minutes.
- Cool on wire rack 10 minutes.
- With narrow spatula or knife, loosen cake from pan and gently shake onto serving plate.
- Cool completely and dust with confectioners sugar.
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