Chocolate Zucchini Rum Cake
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If you think zucchini is just not your thing, this moist and chocolaty zucchini rum cake will knock your socks off and you even won't notice that there is zucchini in it. Such a deliciously sweet way to use up some of your seasonal zucchinis.
Ingredients
| 1 | cup |
butter
room temperature |
|
| 2 | cups |
sugar
|
|
| 3 | large |
eggs
|
|
| 2 | cups |
zucchini
shredded |
|
| ⅓ | cup |
rum
or brandy, or water |
* |
| 2 ½ | cups |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| 1 | cup |
walnuts
chopped |
|
| 1 | cup |
semi-sweet chocolate
semi-sweet bits, null, null |
* |
| ½ | cup |
cocoa powder
|
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| 2 ½ | teaspoons |
baking powder
|
|
| 1 ½ | teaspoons |
baking soda
|
|
| ¾ | teaspoon |
cinnamon
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
salt
|
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| ¼ | cup |
milk
|
Directions
Beat butter and sugar until smooth.
Add eggs, one at a time.
Stir in zucchini and rum.
Mix together flour, walnuts, chocolate, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt.
Stir flour mix and milk into egg mix.
Put in well buttered and floured 10 inch tube pan or ridged pan.
Bake 350 50 to 55 minutes.
Cool in pan on rack 15 minutes.
Invert and remove. Let cool.
Rum glaze: 1 ⅔ cup powdered sugar and 3 Tb rum or water mixed together.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 99g (3.5 oz)Amount per Serving
Calories 34247% of calories from fat
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 18g
27%
Saturated Fat 8g
41%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol 70mg
23%
Sodium 298mg
12%
Total Carbohydrate
14g
14%
Dietary Fiber 2g
9%
Sugars g
Protein
12g
Vitamin A 9%
•
Vitamin C 5%
Calcium 4%
•
Iron 10%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet
How is this calculated?
Great recipe. I substituted 1 TBL instant coffee and omitted the cinnamon. Instead of flouring the pan, I used cocoa powder.
about 6 years ago