Old Fashioned Chocolate Zucchini Cake
Old Fashioned Chocolate Zucchini Cake
Is your garden overflowing with zucchini? Do you think that you can’t possibly eat another zucchini? Well, do I have a recipe for you. Old Fashioned Chocolate Zucchini Cake is delicious. This old fashioned, made from scratch, chocolate cake is super moist with the addition of shredded zucchini. The top of the cake batter is sprinkled with mini chocolate chips and chopped walnuts before baking, adding an extra layer of yum.


Serve with..
If you want to take this already delicious cake to new heights, serve old fashioned, chocolate zucchini cake with a big scoop of vanilla or chocolate ice cream. Talk about good! Some of my favorite desserts are the simplest. Warm chocolate cake with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream, warm chocolate pudding poured over a big scoop of vanilla ice cream, fresh mashed sweetened strawberries over vanilla ice cream and warmed Hershey’s chocolate syrup poured over, you guessed it, vanilla ice cream.
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Old Fashioned Chocolate Zucchini Cake
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup baking cocoa
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon each ground cloves and allspice
- 2 cups freshly shredded zucchini
- 1/2 cup chopped nuts
- 1/2 cup semisweet mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, beat the butter, oil, and sugar. Add the eggs, buttermilk and vanilla; mix well. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, cloves and allspice; gradually add to creamed mixture. Mix together well. Stir in zucchini.
- Spread batter into a greased 13 x 9 inch baking pan. Sprinkle with nuts and mini chocolate chips. Bake at 350º for 35 to 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool on wire rack.
Recipes To Try
Products used in this recipe Nestle’s mini chocolate chips. For a change use cinnamon chips in place of the mini chocolate chips. Do you like Rhubarb? I surely do. Here are a few of my favorites: Country Rhubarb Cake and Rhubarb Upside Down Cake. If your short on time, need to bring a dessert to a picnic and have zucchini coming out of your ears, make this quick version of Chocolate Rolo Zucchini Cake.
8 Comments on “Old Fashioned Chocolate Zucchini Cake”
Hi Lynn, your cake looks so scrumptious with all the add ins which I know the kids will love. Thanks for sharing this with Foodie Friends Friday this week.
Hope to see you again soon,
Joanne
Thanks Joanne~ Thanks for stopping by:)
That looks absolutely delicious Lynn! I love the addition of Rolos…my favorite candy. 🙂
Rolos are my favorite candy too:) I love the mini's~
I've seen a lot of recipes for zucchini in cakes/brownies, but have never gotten around to trying it. I might have to give this one a try! 🙂 Thank you so much for linking up with me this week at Tasty Tuesdays! I’ve pinned this & shared it with my followers!
Hi~ Thanks for stopping by today:) If you give this recipe a try, I guarantee you will love it~ Lynn
This looks so delicious! Great way to use up my garden zucchini! Sandra from [email protected] Just stopping by from Anyonita Nibbles.
Hi~ Thanks for stopping~ This recipe came about for that very reason! I needed to find ways to use up a bumper crop of zucchini:) Lynn