Potluck Help: Chocolate Zucchini Snack Cake

One of the best things about living in the country is this:

I can honestly say that I lived in the city for a lot of years and I never saw a sign like this at my neighbor’s house.

Now that I live in the sticks, I see something like this nearly every week in the summer time. Sometimes it’s zucchini and peppers, other times tomatoes or pumpkins. As far as I’m concerned, it doesn’t really matter -  there’s a really good chance I’m going to find a use for them. And? They’re free!

Today I’m slicing, dicing and grating zucchini to make my favorite chocolate snack cake. This isn’t my recipe, it’s one that I’ve had for years and I’ve seen it in a few church cookbooks and the like, too. If you haven’t made this before you really need to. It’s THE BEST!! (Oh! And, it’s perfect for potlucks, too!)

Chocolate Zucchini Snack Cake

1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 3/4 cups sugar
2 large eggs
1/2 cup buttermilk or sour milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup cocoa
2 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups zucchini, grated
3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (optional)
1/2 cup walnuts (optional)

Cream butter then add oil and sugar and mix well.  Sometimes, if I want to cut down on the fat I’ll use 1/2 cup of applesauce instead of oil. It nearly cancels out the butter if you do that, right?

Add next 8 ingredients and mix.

Fold in the chocolate chips and nuts, if desired. I love to use the mini chocolate chips, they’re fun.

Pour into a greased and floured 9 x 13 pan, or it makes 24 muffins if you’re so inclined.

Bake at 325° for 1 hour or until done (muffins take less time to bake – about 25 minutes.)

Recipe: Chocolate Zucchini Snack Cake

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 3/4 cups sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 cup buttermilk or sour milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 cup cocoa
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups zucchini, grated
• 3/4 cup chocolate chips (optional)
• 1/2 cup walnuts (optional)

Instructions

1. Cream butter then add oil and sugar.
2. Add next 8 ingredients and mix well.
3. Fold in the chocolate chips and nuts, if desired.
4. Put in a greased and floured 9 x 13 pan, or make 24 muffins. Bake at 325° for 1 hour or until done (25 minutes for muffins.)

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