Chocolate Chile Zucchini Cake recipe

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Ingredients

2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 ¾ cups white sugar
½ cup butter
½ cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
1 tablespoon chile powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ cup buttermilk
2 cups grated zucchini
¾ cup chopped walnuts
6 ounces semisweet chocolate chips

Nutrition Info

502.6 calories
carbohydrate: 62.5 g
cholesterol: 51.7 mg
fat: 27.7 g
fiber: 3.7 g
protein: 6.9 g
saturatedFat: 9.7 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 387.1 mg
sugar: 38.2 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch cake pan.

  2. Stir flour, cocoa powder, salt, and baking soda together in a bowl.

  3. Mix sugar, butter, vegetable oil, and eggs together in a large bowl. Add chile powder and vanilla extract.

  4. Pour flour mixture into sugar mixture, add buttermilk and stir to combine. Mix zucchini into batter.

  5. Pour batter into the prepared cake pan, sprinkle chocolate chips and walnuts on top.

  6. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 55 minutes.

Recipe Yield

12 servings

Recipe Note

Moist chocolate cake with a zing!

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