MARTHA STAMPS / MARTHA'S AT THE PLANTATION
Chocolate Zucchini Cake:
2 ½ cups flour
¾ cup cocoa
2 ½ t. baking powder
1 ½ t baking soda
1 t salt
1 t cinnamon
¾ c. cup soft unsalted butter
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
2 t vanilla
Grated peel of one orange
2 packed cups coarsely grated zucchini
½ cup buttermilk
Preheat oven to 350.
Sift together the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon and set aside.
With a mixer, beat together the butter and sugar until thoroughly combined. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix in the vanilla, orange peel and zucchini.
Alternately stir the dry ingredients and the milk into the zucchini mixture.
Turn batter into 2 prepared 9" cake pans, and bake for about 35 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted into the cake comes out clean. Cool in the pans for 15 minutes.
Frost with the following:
Cocoa Cream Cheese Frosting:
1 ½ pounds soft cream cheese
1 lb. confectioners sugar
2/3 c. cocoa powder
Use an electric mixer fitted with a whip to mix thoroughly.
