Chocolate Zucchini Cake

By Tbird

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 3/4 cup butter
• 3 eggs
• 2 tsp orange peel
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 cups shredded zucchini
• 1 cup chopped nuts (or raisins)

Preparation

Step 1

Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, soda, salt and cinnamon; set aside. Beat butter and sugar until smoothly blended. Add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition. With a spoon stir in vanilla, orange peel and zucchini. Alternately stir in dry ingredients and milk. Add nuts (or raisins). Grease and flour pans -- tube or 2 loaf pans. Bake at 350 deg for 1 hour.