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Chocolate Zucchini Cake

Ingredients
  

  • 2 ½ cups plain flour
  • ½ cup natural, unsweetened cocoa
  • 2 ½ tspns baking powder
  • 1 ½ tspns baking soda
  • 1 tspn salt
  • 1 tspn cinnamon
  • 3/4 cup soft butter (or vegan substitute)
  • 1 cup white granulated sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 3 eggs room temperature
  • 2 tspns vanilla extract
  • 2 tspns grated orange peel
  • 3 cups coarsely grated zucchini (from about 3 medium zucchinis)
  • ½ cup milk or vegan substitute
  • 1 cup walnuts or pecans

Topping

  • cup semisweet chocolate chips or grated chocolate
  • 1 tsp honey
  • 1 tsp extra virgin olive oil

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
  • Drain the shredded zucchini: Set the shredded zucchini to drain in a sieve over a bowl. If no moisture drains out and the zucchini feels dry, sprinkle some water over it and let the excess drain.
  • Whisk together dry ingredients: Vigorously whisk together the flour, cocoa, baking powder, soda, salt, and cinnamon in a bow, and set aside.
  • Mix wet ingredients: With a mixer, beat together the butter and the sugars until smooth. Add the eggs to the butter and sugar mixture one at a time, beating well after each addition. With a wooden spoon, stir in the vanilla, orange peel, and zucchini
  •  Mix dry with wet ingredients to make batter: Alternately stir in the dry ingredients and the milk into the zucchini mixture, including the nuts with the last addition.
  • Prep pan, add batter: Spray the inside of a 10-inch bundt pan or tube pan lightly with cooking spray (or grease with butter). Wipe off the excess. Pour in the batter and use a rubber spatula to level the top of the batter.
  • Bake: Bake in the oven at 350°F (175°C) for about 50-55 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the centre comes out clean (test at 45 min).
  • Cool in pan 15 minutes; turn out on wire rack to cool thoroughly.
    Directions for the topping
    In a small microwavable bowl add chocolate chips, honey and olive oil. Stir to coat and then microwave at 30 second intervals until melted. Spread over cake.