Chocolate Zucchini Spice Cake

September 09, 2014

Last week I got yet another ginormous zucchini and decided to attempt a chocolate spice cake using zucchini. I adapted the Zucchini Banana Bread to meet my expectations for the cake and came up with this recipe. It is lightly sweetened, perfectly moist and fudgy, and has a hint of spice. It is so moist that it doesn't even need icing to complete it, although it would be a good addition as well. And of course, it has zucchini, lots of zucchini! :)

4 cups shredded zucchini
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup oil
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 cup cocoa powder

Preheat the oven to 350 F. Combine the zucchini, sugar, oil, vanilla and eggs in a bowl. In a separate bowl combine the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and cocoa powder. Mix the dry ingredients into...
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Nutritions

Calories
338

Sodium
652mg
27% DV

Fat
12g
19% DV

Protein
5g
10% DV

Carbs
52g
17% DV

Fiber
3g
12% DV