Lightened-Up Chocolate Zucchini Cake (W/ or W/Out Frosting)
- Ready In:
- 1hr 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 20
- Serves:
-
10-12
ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 2 tablespoons cocoa
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups packed shredded zucchini (Skin and all)
- 1⁄4 cup butter
- 1⁄4 cup vegetable oil
- 1⁄2 cup applesauce
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons nonfat dry milk powder
- 4 large egg whites, from large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup dried tart cherry
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frosting
- 8 ounces fat free cream cheese, softened
- 1⁄2 cup pineapple preserves
- 1⁄2 cup coconut
directions
- Preheat oven 350 degrees.
- Sift and then mix all dry ingredients in a food processor with metal blade set aside.
- In the food processor add butter, oil and sugar mix till creamy.
- While machine is running, add applesauce through vanilla by way of the feed tube.
- Add zucchini.
- Add flour mixture.
- Add cherries and pulse to mix.
- Bake in a greased and floured bundt pan for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into cake comes out clean.
- In the food processor mix cheese and jam. Spread on cooled cake.
- Press coconut into frosting of cake.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Marcy C.
Phoenix, AZ
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