Last Saturday, our friend Phap came over to help James pull up the ruined laminate flooring. Phap is quite the eater and whenever he comes over I always send him home with food. For dessert, I made this delicous cake. I did not tell them the name of the cake until after they had eaten their slice. James, my non-vegetable eating husband, found it to be pretty tasty. Phap tore it up and had devoured the 4 slices I sent home with him by the next day. I also took the cake over to Ranger and Clarisse’s house and they enjoyed the cake as well.
Zucchini Fudge Cake
Source: The Taste of Home Baking Book
Ingredients:
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 2-1/2 cups sugar
- 4 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup baking cocoa
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 3 cups shredded zucchini (I used 2 zucchini)
- 3-1/2 cups prepared chocolate frosting (see following recipe I used)
Directions:
In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition. Stir in zucchini.
Pour into three greased and floured 9-inch round baking pans. Bake at 350°F for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. (Since I placed all 3 pans on the same rack, I rotated them about halfway through baking.) Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. (I let cool about 1.5 hours before frosting.) Spread frosting between layers and over the top and sides of cake.
Yield: 10-12 servings
Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
Source: Betty Crocker’s Cookbook (2000 binder edition)
Ingredients:
- 4-1/2 cups confectioner’s sugar
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 3 teaspoons vanilla
- 3 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate, melted and cooled
- 1/4 cup milk
Directions:
In medium bowl, mix confectioner’s sugar and butter with electic mixer on low speed. Stir in vanilla and chocolate. Gradually beat in just enough milk to make frosting smooth and spreadable. If frosting is too thick, beat in more milk, a few drops at a time. If frosting becomes too thin, beat in a small amount of powdered sugar.
Yield: almost not enough to frost my cake
The cake looks pretty good. What happened to your floor?
The AC (at the return air vent) leaked causing the glue in the laminate to buckle and warp. In all the living areas that are connected, the laminate flooring was the old style placed together with glue (not the newer style of snap and lock) and so we have to replace all of it since you can’t just repair one area. All State is awesome though and is paying for it.
I agree with holding back the name of the cake. Zucchini in cake just doesn’t sound right. It looks tasty, though.
It was super tasty. Very moist.
Mmmmmm…..tasty and super moist indeed! ^_~