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Chocolate Zucchini Cake

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Chocolate Zucchini Cake
  • This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Summer Squash Recipe
  • A&M's Testing Notes: It’s a cake. It’s a vegetable. What could be better? Hiker’s recipe calls for 3 squares of chocolate – I went with a dark unsweetened Ghirardelli, I assumed (correctly I think) that something...

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    Hiker's Notes:

    It's a family recipe that has been handed down. - Hiker

Serves 1 cake

  1. Melt chocolate and let cool

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  2. Grease and flour tube cake pan

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  3. Sift all dry ingredients together in a large bowl

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  4. Beat eggs til fluffy, add sugar 1/4 cup at a time

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  5. Add oil and chocolate at low speed, mix well

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  6. Next add dry ingredients.

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  7. Add grated zucchini, mix well

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  8. Bake 350 degrees for 1 hour 15 min until center springs back, can also check with a toothpick

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  9. Cool 15 min. then remove from pan

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  10. This is moist enough that you can serve it without frosting. Dust with powdered sugar.

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