Zucchini Chocolate Cake

Charlotte J's Note:

Don't you just love it when you can get your daily vegetable requirements from the dessert you eat? And a chocolate dessert at that!

• Total Time: 1 hrs 20 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 18

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 3/4 cups sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 cup buttermilk or 1/2 cup sour milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 cup cocoa
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups zucchini, grated
• 3/4 cup chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup walnuts

Directions:

1. Cream butter then add oil and sugar; mix.
2. Add next 8 ingredients; mix well.
3. Fold in the chips and nuts by hand.
4. Put in a greased and floured 9 x 13 pan.
5. Bake at 325° for 1 hour or until done.

Reviews

[Karen19]

Man, oh man! Exceptionally moist. I substituted applesauce for the oil (left in the butter)and greased the pan for baking. My 6-year old added ingredients in no particular order and it still turned out fantastic! I'll never use another recipe for this cake!

[Sueie]

Made this into moist, delicious muffins. Didn't tell the fussy ones there was zucchini in them until they had finished and declared they delcious. This is a keeper.

[Vicky P]

Out of all the Zucchini Chocolate Cake recipes, this was the one I chose and I'm glad I did (and so was my husband). Very good, moist cake. I changed a few things: first spray & flour the pan, whenever a cake mix asks for oil I liquify the same amount of bananas, in this case I used 3/4 cup bananas plus 1/4 cup oil. Could use 50/50.(Try it, you'll be glad you did)also used 3 eggs because I had so many, and I used whole wheat and unbleached flour combined. Thank you for this recipe, will make it again. Vicky P.