Zucchini Chocolate Orange Cake Recipe

Zucchini Chocolate Orange Cake Recipes

  • PREP 25 mins
  • COOK 50 mins
  • READY IN 1 hr 30 mins


Ingredients

Original recipe makes 1 Bundt pan

  •  2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  •  1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  •  2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  •  1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  •  1 teaspoon salt
  •  1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  •  3/4 cup butter
  •  2 cups white sugar
  •  3 eggs, beaten
  •  2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  •  1/2 cup milk
  •  3 cups grated zucchini
  •  1 tablespoon orange zest
  •  1 cup chopped walnuts
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  •  1 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
  •  1/4 cup orange juice
  •  1 teaspoon vanilla extract


 Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a Bundt pan.
  2. In a medium bowl, sift flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Set aside.
  3. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, 2 teaspoons vanilla and milk to the butter mixture. Stir in dry ingredients and mix until well blended. Fold in zucchini, orange zest, and nuts.
  4. Pour into a greased and floured Bundt cake pan. Bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes. Allow to cool in pan for 15 minutes before inverting onto a wire rack to cool completely. Before serving, drizzle with glaze.
  5. To make the glaze: In a small bowl mix together sugar, orange juice and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Invert cake onto serving dish, then pour glaze over.
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