Double Chocolate Zucchini Cake Food

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE ZUCCHINI CAKE

Steps:

• Sift dry ingredients into bowl.
• Exclude chocolate chips.
• Add wet ingredients into larger bowl.
• Exclude zucchini.
• Add dry ingredients to wet.
• Fold in zucchini and chips.
• Bake at 325 degrees for 45 minutes in a floured and oiled Bundt pan.
• Make Glaze.
• Add all ingredients except soda and vanilla. Bring to a boil in a pan 5 times the size you need. Add soda the mixture will expand and change. Remove from heat add vanilla. Drizzle over warm cake. Put extra glaze in the middle and let absorb into the cake.

CHOCOLATE-ZUCCHINI CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter the bottom and sides of a 9-inch-square cake pan. Dust the pan with flour, tapping out the excess.
• Toss 1/2 cup chocolate chips with 1 tablespoon flour in a small bowl. Whisk the remaining flour, the cocoa powder, salt, baking soda and nutmeg in a medium bowl; set aside.
• Beat the sugar, 1/2 cup olive oil, the eggs and vanilla in a large bowl with a mixer on medium speed until smooth and pale, about 3 minutes. Add the flour-cocoa mixture; beat on low speed until combined, about 2 minutes (the batter will be thick). Add the zucchini and beat until combined, about 2 more minutes. Fold in the flour-coated chocolate chips with a wooden spoon.
• Transfer the batter to the prepared pan and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Transfer to a rack and let cool completely.
• Make the glaze: Combine the remaining 1/3 cup chocolate chips, 1 teaspoon olive oil and the honey in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on medium-high power in 30-second intervals, stirring, until the chocolate is melted. Spread over the cake, then cut into pieces.

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE ZUCCHINI BREAD WITH PECANS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9 by 4-inch loaf pan or 3 mini loaf pans with cooking spray. Set aside.
• 2. Shred the zucchini lengthwise, turning to get as much flesh and as little seed as possible. When you get down to the seeds, stop shredding and discard the seeds. You should have a generous cup of zucchini. Squeeze the zucchini by hand to remove excess moisture.
• 3. Whisk together the buttermilk, vegetable oil, vanilla extract and eggs in a large liquid measuring cup. Stir in the zucchini.
• 4. Combine the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl.
• 5. Stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until just incorporated, take care not to over mix. Fold in 3/4 cup of the nuts and all of the chocolate.
• 6. Transfer the batter to the prepared loaf pan(s), scatter the remaining 1/4 cup nuts over the top. Tap the bottom on the work surface to distribute the batter in the pan evenly. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 55 minutes to 1 hour for the large pan and 35 to 40 minutes for the minis. Transfer the pan(s) to a wire rack to cool 30 minutes. Turn the bread out and let cool completely on the rack. Save in an airtight container for up to 1 week.

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE ZUCCHINI BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°.
• Butter and flour 2 loaf pans.
• Whisk the flour with the cocoa, baking soda, cinnamon and cloves in a medium size bowl.
• Beat butter and sugar in a medium bowl with a mixer on med high until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes.
• While you're mixing, drizzle in the oil, then the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Stir the vanilla into the buttermilk.
• Mix the flour mixture into the butter mixture in 3 additions, alternating with the buttermilk, beginning and ending with the flour.
• (Like this--flour, buttermilk, flour, buttermilk, flour) Scrape the sides of the bowl when needed.
• Fold in the zucchini and chocolate.
• Divide batter into the 2 pans.
• Bake until tester comes out clean, about 55 minutes.
• (be careful, the tester may look chocolatey from the chocolate in the bread--don't overbake) Cool in pans on rack before removing and slicing.

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE ZUCCHINI COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine zucchini, brown sugar, baking soda and margarine.
• Mix egg and vanilla into zucchini mixture.
• Add remaining ingredients.
• Chill dough 1 hour in the refridgerator.
• Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 10-15 minutes --
• Do not overbake, these will be soft to the touch but, will firm after sitting.

CHOCOLATE-ZUCCHINI CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Prepare cake batter as directed on package. Add dry pudding mix; beat 2 min. Add zucchini; beat just until blended. Pour into 2 greased and floured 9-inch round pans.
• Bake 28 to 30 min. or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool cakes in pans 10 min.; invert onto wire racks. Gently remove pans; cool cakes completely.
• Spoon frosting into medium bowl. Add COOL WHIP; whisk until blended. Stack cake layers on plate, filling and frosting with COOL WHIP mixture.

CHOCOLATE ZUCCHINI CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325degF.
• Grease a 9"x13" baking pan (preferably glass), and dust generously with cocoa powder, tapping out excess.
• Sift together the cocoa powder, flour, baking soda, salt, cloves, and cinnamon, and optional nutmeg, and set aside.
• Cream together the butter, oil, and sugar until fluffy, add eggs, vanilla, and sour milk, and blend well by hand.
• Add drained and squeezed grated zucchini, and stir in well.
• Spoon the batter evenly into the prepared pan.
• Sprinkle the top evenly with chocolate chips, leaving a chip-free 1" diameter area right in the center, and then sprinkle evenly with chopped pecans.
• Bake for about 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• (That’s what the chip-free spot is for. You will never get a clean toothpick otherwise; it will always be chocolate covered.) If you are using a metal pan, bake at 350degF for 40 minutes.
• Allow to cool to room temperature in pan sitting on wire rack.
• If desired, serve with a dollop of very lightly sweetened whipped cream.
• Refrigerate or freeze leftover cake; this cake is very moist and will mold if left for long at room temperature, but it won't get stale!

DECADENT DOUBLE CHOCOLATE ZUCCHINI BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Spray two 9x5-inch loaf pans with cooking spray.
• In a large bowl, combine chocolate, cocoa, eggs, egg whites, sugar, oil, yogurt, zucchini, and vanilla. Beat well.
• Stir in the flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Fold in the chocolate chips.
• Pour batter into prepared pans.
• Bake in preheated oven for 60-70 minutes, or until a knife or toothpick inserted into the center of a loaf comes out clean.