I confess I've never grown zucchini, although we are occasionally given
some. We were given 3 last week, and they shredded up to make 15 cups
of shredded zucchini ... most of which I froze.
Yesterday I made chocolate zucchini bread. And I have a zucchini
brownie recipe I want to try. But what I really want is to find a
devil's food cake recipe using zucchini. I remember eating a really
rich dark chocolate zucchini cake at church potlucks as a teen in
Maryland. I loved it!! The best I can think to describe it as is
Zucchini Devil's Food Cake. Does anyone have a recipe like that?
Here are the two recipes I have, but I'd love to try others. Please share if you have a favorite.
Chocolate Zucchini or Pumpkin Bread
3 cups shredded zucchini OR 1 can (15 oz) pumpkin
1 2/3 cup sugar
2/3 cup vegetable oil
2 tsp. vanilla
4 eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour OR whole wheat flour
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 cup cocoa
optional 1/2 cup chopped nuts or chocolate chips
Heat oven to 350* and grease bottoms only of 2 loaf pans. Mix
zucchini/pumpkin, sugar, oil, vanilla and eggs together. Stir in
remaining ingredients. Pour into pans. Bake 50-60 minutes or until
wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes.
Loosen sides of loaves, remove from pans. Cool completely before
slicing. Wrap tightly and store at room temperature up to 4 days, or
refrigerate up to 10 days.
Chocolate Zucchini Brownies
2 cups grated zucchini
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 cups flour
1 tsp. salt
1.5 tsp. baking soda
1/3-1/2 cup cocoa
1/2 cup oil
2 tsp. vanilla
1/2-3/4 cup chopped nuts or chocolate chips (optional)
Preheat oven to 350*. Mix all ingredients together and pour into a greased 9x13 pan. Bake 30-35 minutes.
What's your favorite zucchini recipe? If you share it on your blog,
please leave a comment here so I can see all the yummy recipes.
