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Chocolate Zucchini Cake
Course
Dessert
Cuisine
American
Keyword
Chocolate Zucchini Cake
Prep Time
15
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
50
minutes
minutes
Total Time
1
hour
hour
5
minutes
minutes
Servings
12
Author
Heidi Bruaw
Ingredients
3
Eggs
1
teaspoon
Vanilla
1½
Cups
Sugar
½
Cup
Vegetable Oil
2
Cups
Flour
unsifted
⅓
Cup
Cocoa
1
teaspoon
Baking Powder
1
teaspoon
Baking Soda
1
teaspoon
Cinnamon
¼
teaspoon
Salt
¾
Cup
Buttermilk
2
Cups
Zucchini
shredded
1
Cup
Walnuts
chopped
Fudge Glaze
Fudge Glaze
1
Cup
Powdered Sugar
2
Tablespoons
Cocoa
2
Tablespoon
Butter
softened
2
teaspoon
Vanilla
2
Tablespoons
Water
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease a 10-12 cup
bundt pan
and set aside.
Beat the eggs and vanilla together until light and fluffy.
Add sugar gradually and beat until thick.
Beat in the vegetable oil.
In a separate bowl, combine the dry ingredients.
Alternate between dry ingredients and buttermilk while adding to the egg mixture. Beat well after each addition.
Gently fold in the zucchini and nuts.
Pour into the greased bundt pan.
Bake at 350℉ for 50 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Cool 10 minutes on
wire rack
then remove from the pan and finish cooling on the wire rack before drizzling with the fudge glaze.
Fudge Glaze
In a
small bowl
, mix the powdered sugar, cocoa, butter, vanilla, and water.
Drizzle over cooled cake before serving.