Mom's Zucchini Chocolate Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 55 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, unsifted
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 3/4 cup margarine, softened
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 cups zucchini, coarsely grated and peeled
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 cup nuts

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit.
• 2 grease a 25 cm tube or bundt pan.
• 3 combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in medium bowl. set aside.
• 4 in a separate bowl, beat butter and sugar to blend. add eggs and vanilla, beating well. stir in zucchini.
• 5 alternately stir in dry ingredients and milk, including the nuts with the last addition.
• 6 spoon into prepared pan and bake 60-70 minutes or until cake spring back when lightly touched. cool in pan 15 minutes, then turn out onto a rack and cool thoroughly.