chocolate zucchini cake with caramel frosting
(4 ratings)
The zucchini makes this cake SOO moist! And the caramel frosting is a great touch. Make sure and eat it with a glass of cold milk.
(4 ratings)
yield
12 -15
prep time
25 Min
cook time
55 Min
Ingredients For chocolate zucchini cake with caramel frosting
-
2 call-purpose flour
-
2 cwhite sugar
-
3/4 cunsweetened cocoa powder
-
2 tspbaking soda
-
1 tspbaking powder
-
1/2 tspsalt
-
1 tspground cinnamon
-
4eggs
-
1 1/2 cvegetable oil
-
3 cgrated zucchini
-
3/4 cchopped pecans
- CARAMEL FROSTING:
-
1 cpacked brown sugar
-
1/2 cbutter
-
1/4 cmilk
-
1 tspvanilla extract
-
1 1/2 cconfectioners' sugar
How To Make chocolate zucchini cake with caramel frosting
-
1Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking pan with cooking spray.
-
2In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon.
-
3Add the eggs and oil, mix well. Fold in the nuts and zucchini until they are evenly distributed.
-
4Pour into prepared pan. Bake 50-60 minutes, until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool cake completely before frosting.
-
5For the frosting: combine the brown sugar, butter and milk in a saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla. Cool until lukewarm. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar until frosting reaches spreading consistency. Frost cake.
- Last Step: Don't forget to share! Make all your friends drool by posting a picture of your finished recipe on your favorite social network. And don't forget to tag Just A Pinch and include #justapinchrecipes so we can see it too!
ADVERTISEMENT