Name: Chocolate, Zucchini, Sweet Potato, Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 12 serving(s)
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); 2 cups powdered sugar; 1/4 cup water or 1/4 cup your favorite liqueur

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

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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

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

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review by cUte Kitty pUnk

7/25/2013

tasty. but i think i do prefer a more spice flavored cake when it comes to zucchini and sweet potato... i would omit the cocoa powder next time and put in more cinnamon and nutmeg and ginger probably
review by Sydney Mike

7/16/2009

Made this recipe pretty mush as written & had A REALLY WONDERFUL CHOCOLATE CAKE EXPERIENCE! I did include the nuts & chips & used the buckwheat flour! Then, when it came time for the glaze, I used orange juice instead of the water & added 2 rounded teaspoons of orange zest along with the powdered sugar! I left the 'glaze' as a side so you could use it or not, as you liked, & believe me, WE ALL LIKED! Thanks for sharing a really great cake recipe! [Tagged, made & reviewed as part of my Yam It Up! theme in the current Comfort Cafe]
tweak by Sydney Mike

7/16/2009

Made this recipe pretty mush as written & had A REALLY WONDERFUL CHOCOLATE CAKE EXPERIENCE! I did include the nuts & chips & used the buckwheat flour! Then, when it came time for the glaze, I used orange juice instead of the water & added 2 rounded teaspoons of orange zest along with the powdered sugar! I left the 'glaze' as a side so you could use it or not, as you liked, & believe me, WE ALL LIKED! Thanks for sharing a really great cake recipe! [Tagged, made & reviewed as part of my Yam It Up! theme in the current Comfort Cafe]
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6/4/2009
review by jessi_mcg

6/4/2009

I can't believe I never reviewed this! Doh! Like many other reviewers, I made it (along with a healthed-up Recipe #223785) for my son's first birthday, and it was a smash. From this recipe I got a 9-in round cake and a slew of cupcakes (they were Bob the Tomato and some French Peas, respectively ;>) from it. I know I used some oat flour and ww flour along with AP, and reduced the oil by subbing in some applesauce. I, too, reduced the brown sugar and I used about 1/2 c cherry craisins instead of cherries. I also left out the nuts since I was feeding it to little guys who weren't all in good chewing form LOL. Thanks SO much for posting, Rita. It really was just perfect for my little man's big day!