Zucchini Chocolate Cake

Quick making dessert with loads of chocolate flavor. Cocca,semi-sweet chocolate chips, walnuts, added with grated zucchini makes this on one dish-dessert classic.

• Ready In: 1 hr 15 mins
• Serves: 16
• Yields: 16 Squares

Ingredients

• 2  cups zucchini, unpeeled, and greated
• 2 1⁄2 cups unbleached flour, sifted
• 1⁄4 cup  cocoa
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 1⁄2  vegetable oil
• 1 3⁄4 cups sugar
• 2  large eggs
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1⁄2 cup buttermilk
• 6  ounces  semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 3⁄4 cup walnuts
• 1  teaspoon honey

Directions

1. Sift together flour, cocca, baking soda, and salt and set aside.
2. Cream together butter, oil, and sugar in a large mixing bowl until light, and fluffy using eletric mixer at medium speed.
3. Beat eggs one at a time, beating well, after each egg.
4. Blend in vanilla extract, and honey.
5. Add zucchini, and stir.
6. In a large bowl, gradually add the flour-cocca mix ingredients in step1 to the creamed ingredients in step 2, while gradually adding the buttermilk.
7. Stir to mix.
8. Pour this batter into a 13x9x2 baking dish.
9. Sprinkle with chocolate chips, and walnuts.
10. Bake in a preheated oven for 55 minutes at 325 degrees, or until cake test done with a toothpick.
11. Cool in pan.
12. Cut into16 squares, serve , and enjoy.