Quick Zucchini Cake (Made With a Cake Mix)
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
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12
ingredients
- 1 (18 1/2 ounce) German chocolate cake mix
- 1 (4 1/2 ounce) package instant chocolate pudding mix
- 4 eggs
- 2 cups zucchini, shredded
- 3⁄4 cup oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1⁄2 cup pecans, chopped
- 1⁄2 cup chocolate chips
directions
- Beat cake mix, chocolate pudding, eggs, succhini, oil and vanilla at low speed until moist.
- Fold in pecans and chocolate chips.
- Pour into 9 x 13 inch pan and bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
Questions & Replies
Reviews
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Mary, I have made a variety of chocolate zucchini cakes, but I have to say, this is by far one of "the best" chocolate zucchini cakes I've ever made. Not only was the cake moist cake, but what a great chocolate cake. I loved the chocolate chips that were added. But one thing I should mention, that it probably would be best not to refrigerate this cake, as the chocolate chips then have a tendency to harden. This cake tastes great with a chocolate buttered frosting. This is the frosting ingredients I used to top this cake: 1/3 cup softened butter, 1/3 cup Nestle's Cocoa Powder, 2 cups confectioners' sugar, 3 tablespoons milk, and 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract. Thank you Mary for sharing this wonderful cake recipe with us Zaar members. I have to agree with the previous Chef who posted their review of this cake, that this recipe is a "keeper"!!
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I am writing the review, but my family gave it the 5 star rating. I was looking for a zucchini cake recipe using a cake mix, as mine is temporarily stored away in a storage unit. The recipe I had was very much like this one, and my son-in-law's favorite cake, which I make him every year for his birthday. This year was his 50th birthday, and he said I exceeded all the other years with this recipe! The only change I made was walnuts, as I had no pecans to use, and I always use 1 teaspoon of cinnamon in chocolate cake, which I added to this one.. But, I know that this is a keeper with or without the changes! Thank you, Mary, for sharing this with everyone!
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Tweaks
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This was very good...nice and moist with good flavor. I used walnuts instead of pecans and Devil's Food cake mix because that's what I had but I left everything else the same. In my oven, 45 minutes to bake was a bit too long and the edges got a little too dark and had a bit of a burnt taste but the rest of the cake tasted great. Thanks for another way to get rid of all that zucchini.
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I have two boys who will usually eat most things I put in front of them. As a single mom I use them as my guinea pigs....sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I have a huge garden, blueberry and blackberry bushes. I am always looking for a new recipe. I have three cats (Xiao Mao, which means little cat in Chinese, Pumpkin and Max) and two border collies, Lucy and Grace. All my animals come from Rescue Agencies.
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