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| We love chocolate cake here at Frigidaire, but we also do our best to get our veggies in, too. You can imagine how pleased we were then to come across Lisa at The Cutting Edge Of Ordinary blog and her Chocolate Zucchini Cake recipe! It looks so delicious, and we'll be whipping it up in our own kitchens quite soon! Enjoy! Chocolate Zucchini Cake, by The Cutting Edge Of Ordinary Ingredients: 2 ¼ cups sifted all-purpose flour ½ cup unsweetened cocoa 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 1 ¾ cups sugar 1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature ½ cup vegetable oil (you can also use 1/2 cup of applesauce as a substitute) 2 large eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla extract ½ cup buttermilk 2 cups grated unpeeled zucchini (about 2 ½ medium) 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips ¾ cup chopped walnuts (optional) Preparation: Preheat the oven to 325. Butter and flour a 9x13 inch baking pan, or a bundt pan. Sift the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda & salt into a medium bowl. Beat the sugar, butter and oil in a large bowl until well blended. Add the eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the vanilla extract. Mix in the dry ingredient alternating with the buttermilk in 3 additions. Mix in grated zucchini. Pour into prepared pan. Sprinkle with chocolate chips and nuts. Bake 50 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool cake completely in pan. |