'Tis the season to be using all that zucchini you've been growing in your garden! Okay, so I don't have a garden and after watching my mom struggle to get anything to grow in Colorado's rotten soil for 10 years, I dug my heals in this year and opposed a garden of my own, though Marc wants very much to grow a garden. However, as soon as I realized I could grow zucchini and then make as much of this cake as I want next year without forking over any money for zucchini, however cheap it may be, I got on board. Zucchini garden (and rhubarb, pumpkin, and strawberry garden) here I come--in 9 months or so. Unfotunately, even though this cake has a vegetable in it, it cannot be thought of as healthy. Just look at the sugar and oil content. I've tried to substitute 1/2 of the oil with applesauce but it changed the consistency of the cake to one I didn't care for so I just ignore the ingredients and enjoy.
3 c. flour
1 1/4 t. baking powder
1 1/4 t. baking soda
1 t. salt
1/4 t. cinnamon
4 eggs
3 c. sugar
1 1/2 c. oil
3 sq. unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
1 1/4 t. vanilla
1/2 t. almond extract
3 c. grated zucchini
Grate zucchini and squeeze out the extra moisture with paper towels. Mix dry ingredients in a bowl. In a separate bowl, beat eggs. Then add sugar and oil and cream together. Add vanilla and almond extract and cream. Add chocolate and mix. Gently put in dry ingredients. Fold in zucchini. Pour into greased, floured bundt pan. Bake at 350 for 1 hour and 15 minutes. I've never baked it for that long so watch it carefully so it doesn't burn. That would be a great disappointment!
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6 comments:
YUM! I'd love to try this recipe sometime!
Do you remember when we in 232 had a zucchini the size of a newborn baby? I think Maegan made zucchini cookies for weeks. She would have loved this recipe! :)
Mmmmmm, I have a zucchini brownie recipe that I love and this looks divine! Just so you know, I could never ever even attempt a no sugar diet, so I admire your effort :)
YUMMMM!!!! I will have to try this.
I had this cake at the family reunion this past weekend. It was soooo good. Thanks for the recipe.
Yum!!!!
Now who could resist zucchini this way?! I've had 2 giant ones so far this year and I want to get creative (and trick my kids into eating it). Thanks!
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