Dessert du Jour 08-15-11
US Library of Congress ISSN: 1533-0966
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Dessert du Jour
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Chocolate Zucchini Cake
Cake:
Cooking spray
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup (4 ounces) block-style fat-free cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup vegetable oil
2 large eggs
2 large egg whites
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3/4 cup fat-free buttermilk
2 cups shredded zucchini
2/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
Glaze:
3/4 cup powdered sugar
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
8 teaspoons fat-free milk
2 tablespoons semisweet chocolate chips
1 teaspoon instant coffee granules
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
DIRECTIONS
• Preheat oven to 350F.
• To prepare cake, coat a 12-cup Bundt pan with cooking spray; dust pan with 1 tablespoon flour.
• Place sugars, cream cheese, and vegetable oil in a large bowl, and beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended (about 5 minutes).
• Add eggs and egg whites, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Beat in 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.
• Lightly spoon 2 1/2 cups flour into dry measuring cups, and level with a knife.
• Combine 2 1/2 cups flour and next 5 ingredients (2 1/2 cups flour through cinnamon) in a medium bowl, stirring well with a whisk.
• Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately to sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• Stir in zucchini, 2/3 cup chocolate chips, and nuts.
• Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake at 350F for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in cake comes out clean.
• Cool in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.
• To prepare glaze, combine 3/4 cup powdered sugar and 3 tablespoons cocoa in a small bowl; stir with a whisk. Combine milk, 2 tablespoons chocolate chips, coffee, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract in a 1-cup glass measure.
• Microwave at medium 45 seconds or until chocolate melts, stirring after 20 seconds.
• Combine powdered sugar mixture with chocolate mixture, stirring with a whisk.
• Drizzle glaze over cake.
Makes 16 servings.
Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
Calories: 281 Calories from fat: 30% Fat: 9.5g
Saturated fat: 2.4g Monounsaturated fat: 4.2g Polyunsaturated fat: 2.4g
Protein: 6.6g Carbohydrate: 45.6g Fiber: 2.6g
Cholesterol: 27mg Iron: 2.2mg Sodium: 241mg
Calcium: 96mg
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