Chocolate Zucchini Cake - Gluten Free

Name: Chocolate Zucchini Cake - Gluten Free
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h 15 min
Yield: 20 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 cup rice flour; 1 1/4 cups white bean flour; 2 teaspoons xanthan gum; 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 tablespoon baking powder; 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda; 1 teaspoon sea salt; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 3/4 cup butter, softened; 2 cups sugar; 3 eggs; 2 teaspoons vanilla; 2 teaspoons orange peel, grated; 2 cups zucchini, grated; 1/2 cup milk or 1/2 cup water; 1 cup walnuts, pieces

Submitted by Molly53

"A recipe contributed to Bob's Red Mill by Phyllis Potts. Try it either with or without frosting. It looked too good not to share! Specialty ingredients available from www.bobsredmill.com."

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Ready In:: 2hrs 15mins
Ingredients:: 16
Serves:: 20

ingredients

1 cup rice flour
1 ¹⁄₄ cups white bean flour
2 teaspoons xanthan gum
¹⁄₂ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
³⁄₄ cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 teaspoons orange peel, grated
2 cups zucchini, grated
¹⁄₂ cup milk or 1/2 cup water
1 cup walnuts, pieces

directions

Preheat oven to 325F and grease/flour a tube pan or loaf pan (I like to use cocoa to "flour" the cake pan).
Combine the first 8 ingredients in a bowl; set aside.
In another bowl, cream together the butter and sugar; add eggs one at a time followed by vanilla extract, orange peel and zucchini.
Stir in the flour mixture and milk (or water) alternately; add nuts and stir.
Pour batter into prepared pan.
Bake for approximately 1-1/2 hours; leave to cool in oven with door open for 30 minutes.
Turn out of pan and cool completely on a wire rack.

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Reviews

This is more of a chocolate zucchini bread rather than cake. It is not as sweet as I would expect from a cake. The texture is nice and the taste is pretty good-- though I like unchocolate zucchini bread better! The chocolate and zucchini is kind of a strange combination I think. I used maple syrup in place of sugar, shortening in place of butter, and rice milk in place of milk. I omitted orange peel and walnuts.

francoroni

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This is more of a chocolate zucchini bread rather than cake. It is not as sweet as I would expect from a cake. The texture is nice and the taste is pretty good-- though I like unchocolate zucchini bread better! The chocolate and zucchini is kind of a strange combination I think. I used maple syrup in place of sugar, shortening in place of butter, and rice milk in place of milk. I omitted orange peel and walnuts.

francoroni