Community Pick
Zucchini Chocolate Orange Cake
photo by Leslie
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Yields:
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1 Bundt Cake
- Serves:
- 12
ingredients
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For the Cake
- 2 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1⁄2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3⁄4 cup butter
- 2 cups white sugar
- 3 eggs, beaten
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1⁄2 cup milk
- 3 cups grated zucchini
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
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For the Glaze
- 1 1⁄4 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1⁄4 cup orange juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
directions
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To make the cake:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Grease and flour Bundt pan.
- In a medium bowl, sift flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until fluffy.
- Add eggs, 1 teaspoon vanilla and milk to the butter mixture.
- Stir in dry ingredients and mix until well blended. Fold in zucchini, orange zest and nuts.
- Pour into a greased and floured Bundt cake pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 50 to 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean.
- Allow to cool.
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To make the glaze:
- In a small bowl mix together sugar, orange juice and vanilla. Invert cake onto serving dish, then drizzle glaze over.
Reviews
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With a light, moist texture, orange glaze and kaboom you have a winning recipe! I used a dark cocoa in the batter and did not change anything else. I know a lot of the reviewers felt it needed amped up with orange but I liked the subtle flavor found in the glaze and cake. Just blended so well with our taste buds. Found and made for ZWT8.
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This cake made my kitchen (and my car, lol) smell soooo good! I was a little on the fence about the whole chocolate and zucchini thing, but this cake totally eliminated that doubt! I made this in a regular Bundt pan, and it took the full hour to bake. My poor naked zested orange looked so sad sitting on the countertop, so I juiced it and used the fresh squeezed juice in the glaze. I didn't have any walnuts in the house, so I replaced them with chopped pecans. After letting the cake cool in the pan for ~15 minutes, I flipped it onto a cake platter, poked holes all over it with a skewer, and poured the glaze over the still-warm cake so it would soak in instead of drip off. I brought this to work with me to share (hence the heavenly smell in my car), and I think I converted a couple people to zucchini cake lovers with this. Who would've thought that cocoa, vanilla, cinnamon and orange would all play so nicely with zucchini?! Thanks for posting this gem! Made for The Honeys for ZWT8
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Anything that can make zucchini taste this good gets 5 stars. This recipe produces a very moist and delicious cake. I followed the suggestion of another reviewer and added some orange extract to ramp up the orange flavour a bit. My own suggestion to those looking for a richer chocolate flavour; try using a premium quality cocoa powder for more of a chocolate "Wow". You could also substitute the orange juice in the glaze with an orange liqueur for a more adult taste. I would not hesitate to serve this cake to company. Thanks for the recipe, Leslie.
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Tweaks
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Anything that can make zucchini taste this good gets 5 stars. This recipe produces a very moist and delicious cake. I followed the suggestion of another reviewer and added some orange extract to ramp up the orange flavour a bit. My own suggestion to those looking for a richer chocolate flavour; try using a premium quality cocoa powder for more of a chocolate "Wow". You could also substitute the orange juice in the glaze with an orange liqueur for a more adult taste. I would not hesitate to serve this cake to company. Thanks for the recipe, Leslie.
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OK, I modified this recipe a bit. The results were an excellent, moist, go back for seconds/thirds cake! I don't use white sugar for human consumption - instead, I cut the value of the sugar in half then I put 50% sucanant/50% Grade B maple syrup (in this recipe that means 1/2 cup of each). I have a friend who is allergic to egg whites so I substituted 6 oz of applesauce for the 3 eggs. I also prefer not to cook with butter so I did 50% olive oil/50% prune puree. The friend who's allergic to egg whites also allergic to nuts - so I did not use the nuts. The cake was the most incredible cake I've had in a long time - even my DH who does not eat zucchini liked it. VERY GOOD!
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