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Grandma Catherine’s Chocolate Zucchini Cake Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  

2½ Flour- unsifted
½ powdered Cocoa
1½ Baking Soda
1 tsp Cinnamon
1 tsp Salt
2½ tsp Baking Powder

¾ Butter - room temperature
2 cups Sugar
3 Eggs
2 cups Zucchini- grated on the large holes of a box grater
2 tsp Vanilla
2 tsp Orange Zest
½ cup Milk

1 cup Pecans- chopped fine (optional)
Directions:
Directions:
Combine dry ingredients in a medium bowl- set aside.

In a large bowl - by hand with a large wooden spoon-Mix butter and sugar together- briefly. Add eggs - one at a time. Mix well after each edition. Add zucchini, vanilla and orange zest mix well.

Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients-stir just until blended. Pour into 2 well greased 5x7 loaf pans or one 9x13’ pan.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
2 loaf pans 5x7
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
350’ oven 1 hr. Or until toothpick comes out clean
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
The handwritten recipes are on a sheet of school paper.

 

 

 

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