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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 0 Minutes Servings: 16 |
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When you're testing the chocolate zucchini cake for doneness, insert the wooden pick in several different places. You may hit a melted chocolate, which might make you think the cake isn't done. Ingredients:
cooking spray |
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour |
3/4 cup granulated sugar |
1/2 cup packed brown sugar |
1/2 cup (4 ounces) block-style fat-free cream cheese, softened |
1/3 cup vegetable oil |
2 large eggs |
2 large egg whites |
1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour |
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa |
2 teaspoons baking powder |
1/2 teaspoon baking soda |
1/2 teaspoon salt |
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon |
3/4 cup fat-free buttermilk |
2 cups shredded zucchini |
2/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips |
1/4 cup chopped walnuts |
3/4 cup powdered sugar |
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa |
8 teaspoons fat-free milk |
2 tablespoons semisweet chocolate chips |
1 teaspoon instant coffee granules |
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. To prepare cake, coat a 12-cup Bundt pan with cooking spray; dust pan with 1 tablespoon flour.
3. Place sugars, cream cheese, and vegetable oil in a large bowl, and beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended (about 5 minutes). Add eggs and egg whites, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.
4. Lightly spoon 2 1/2 cups flour into dry measuring cups, and level with a knife. Combine 2 1/2 cups flour and next 5 ingredients (2 1/2 cups flour through cinnamon) in a medium bowl, stirring well with a whisk.
5. Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately to sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Stir in zucchini, 2/3 cup chocolate chips, and nuts. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake at 350° for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in cake comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.
6. To prepare glaze, combine 3/4 cup powdered sugar and 3 tablespoons cocoa in a small bowl; stir with a whisk. Combine milk, 2 tablespoons chocolate chips, coffee, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract in a 1-cup glass measure. Microwave at medium 45 seconds or until chocolate melts, stirring after 20 seconds. Combine powdered sugar mixture with chocolate mixture, stirring with a whisk. Drizzle glaze over cake.
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