When the zucchini come in, they certainly produce. Just ask any Southern gardener with a zucchini plant or two or more. You pick summer sqaush, and that just stimulates more production. Squash seem to grow overnight.
There are many ways to cook summer squash including frying squash in batter and a variety of casseroles, but zucchini also makes a good binder for a cake. Since zucchini is moist, the cake turns out super moist.
Chocolate Zucchini Cake Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter or margarine
- 2 1/2 cups sugar
- 3 cups plain flour
- 1/2 cup baking cocoa
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 3/4 tsp. salt
- 4 eggs
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- 1 cup milk
- 3 cups zucchini, shredded
Directions
- Cream butter and sugar.
- Add eggs and beat.
- Combine all dry ingredients.
- Pour part of dry stuff in and mix. Pour in some milk. Mix. Continue until all dry stuff and milk are mixed in. Add vanilla.
- Last thing--add the zucchini. Mix.
- Bake at 350 for about 40 minutes if using a long flat cake pan about 9 x 13 inches. It's a sheet type cake.
You can serve this cake plain, but it's really good with a sweet topping.
Sprinkle top with powdered sugar or frost with your favorite icing. Canned frosting is fine. Or, you can make this chocolate frosting.
Chocolate Frosting Recipe (Good on Chocolate Zucchini Cake)
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup margarine
- 3 T cocoa
- 3 T Coca Cola (or Pepsi)
- 1 box (1 pound) powdered sugar
- 1 cup nuts (optional)
- 1 tsp vanilla
Directions:
- Bring margarine, cocoa and cola to boil in a sauce pan on top of the stove.
- Take off heat. Mix in other items.
- Pour over cake while it's still warm--between 5 and 10 minutes after it comes out of the oven.
- Let cool and then cut in squares and serve.
Have fun with zucchini. Anything so named should be a blast right? Try out the cake and frost it up if you have a real sweet tooth. It's a real winner and a tasty way to servce up some extra vegetables.
Quick Tip
One quick tip/note. If you're growing yellow or other summer squash, you can use those in place of zucchini. Yellow straight, crook neck, patty pan and other summer squash varieties can be substituted in almost all cases where zucchini is listed as an ingredient.
Other Summer Squash Recipes
Fried Zucchini Patties - Enjoy crispy fried patties similar to crab patties but zucchini as the main ingredient. Spices add a bit of a zip as well.
Southern Zucchini Skillet Pie - This one is a full meal in one pot. Just heat up the skillet and have a hearty and tasty dinner.
Zucchini Corn Skillet Dish - Quick and easy, this recipe is a tasty way to serve up summer squash as well as home grown corn and tomatoes.
Cyndi Allison - Southern born and fed, Cyndi Allison is a college lecturer and newspaper advisor as well as being a freelance writer. She writes on ...
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