Chocolate Zucchini Cake

Anyone who has a garden is probably picking the last of their zucchini. While zucchini is great on its own, it also provides wonderful texture and moistness when added to cakes and breads. This chocolate zucchini cake with a hint of orange is a very popular dessert at Green Mountain. Taste it and you’ll know why!

(Makes 16 servings)

    1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
    1 cup sugar
    1/4 cup cocoa
    1 teaspoon baking powder
    1/2 teaspoon soda
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
    2 eggs
    1/3 cup canola oil
    1/2 cup plain yogurt
    1 teaspoon vanilla
    2 teaspoons grated orange peel
    1 1/2 cups grated zucchini

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease an 8x8” cake pan or 8” round spring form pan. In medium mixing bowl, sift together flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, soda, salt and cinnamon. In large mixing bowl, beat eggs and stir in canola oil. Beat dry ingredients into egg mixture alternately with yogurt. Stir in vanilla, orange peel and zucchini. Pour batter in baking pan and bake 50 to 60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
Cool. Drizzle glaze over cake. (See below)

    Orange Glaze

    1/2 cup powdered sugar
    1 tablespoon melted butter
    2 tablespoons orange juice
    1/2 teaspoon grated orange peel

Mix together powdered sugar and butter. Stir in orange juice and grated peel.

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