Zucchini Chocolate Cake - 3

Recipe Ingredients

4 oz	113g	Unsweetened chocolate
1/2 cup	99g / 3.5oz	Butter at room temperature
1 tablespoon	15ml	Vanilla extract
3		Eggs - beaten
2 cups	125g / 4.4oz	Flour; unbleached - sifted
2 teaspoons	10ml	Baking soda
1 teaspoon	5ml	Salt
3 cups	711ml	Zucchini - coarsely grated
		Cream Cheese Frosting
3/4 cup	177ml	Utter - at room temp
4 cups	792g / 27oz	Confectioner's sugar

Recipe Instructions

1. Melt chocolate and oil over very low heat.

2. Cream butter until light. Add sugar, eggs, and vanilla; beat well.

3. Add melted chocolate to butter mixture and mix well.

4. Sift dry ingredients together, then add them alternately with the buttermilk to creamed mixture, beating well after each addition.

5. Mix the zucchini and nuts into the batter.

6. Pour batter into 2 greased and floured 9" pans.

7. Bake in preheated 350F oven for 40 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool completely; frost with whipped cream or other desired frosting.

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING: Cream together the butter and cream cheese until light and fluffy. Slowly add confectioner's sugar until well blended. Use more sugar if necessary, to get a spreading consistency.

Source:
Stevi

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