Chocolate, Zucchini, Sweet Potato, Cake

This cake must be good for you with zucchini, sweet potato, cherries and cocoa! How can you go wrong?

• Ready In: 1 hr 20 mins
• Serves: 12

Ingredients

• 1⁄4 cup  cocoa
• 2 1⁄2 cups flour
• 1⁄2 cup  rye flour or 1⁄2 cup buckwheat flour
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1  teaspoon baking powder
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 3  eggs
• 1  cup  vegetable oil
• 1 1⁄2 cups brown sugar
• 1⁄2 cup honey
• 2  teaspoons vanilla
• 1⁄2 cup buttermilk
• 1  cup  grated zucchini
• 1  cup  grated sweet potato
• 1  cup dried cherries, hydrated in
• 3  tablespoons rum or 3  tablespoons hot water
• 1  cup pecans, roughly chopped (optional)
• 1⁄2 cup chocolate chips (optional)

• Glaze

• 2  cups powdered sugar
• 1⁄4 cup water or 1⁄4 cup  your favorite  liqueur

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Butter and flour a bundt pan.
3. Sift together first 7 ingredients.
4. Set aside.
5. In a mixer mix oil, sugar, honey add eggs and vanilla.
6. Mix dry ingredients into egg mixture then add buttermilk.
7. Stir in remaining ingredients.
8. Pour into pan and bake for 50-60 minutes till toothpick comes out clean.
9. Let cool.
10. Invert onto cake dish.
11. Mix glaze and water and pour onto cake.