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Friday, February 19, 2010
Chocolate Cake IS Serious Dessert Time!
I have been MIA from my scrap room this week. Family and work have kept me busy, which was nice. But I have no such excuses for today. I have spent a big part of the day in the kitchen and I enjoyed every moment (except for the milk splash). I made a layered salad as a side dish for dinner, which is done is staged steps. And then I moved on to dessert! I made this FABULOUS Chocolate Zucchini Pecan multi-layer cake!
For those who may be wondering, I am going to be including an occasional recipe here on my blog. In addition to paper crafting, I also really enjoy cooking. I am currently especially enjoying baking, but I will add other recipes as time passes.
And speaking of baking, I love chocolate cake. Chocolate cake is the stuff of serious dessert time! And this cake is better than most. The layers are sweet and moist. The zucchini cooks nicely so that it is not screaming "veggies hiding here". And the nuts are a nice flavor and texture addition. And the frosting. OH MY GOSH! Fluffy, sweet, and creamy.
I am including the cake recipe below, include my adjustments. This cake would be great with several different types of frosting. I went with flour paste based frosting, one and one-half batches of my recipe (posted previously). Yummy.
Chocolate Zucchini Pecan Cake
Ingredients:
• 3 1/2 cups sifted cake flour
• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1.5 teaspoon baking soda
• 1.5 teaspoon salt
• 3 1/2 cups sugar
• 3/4 cup (1.5 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 3/4 cup vegetable oil
• 3 large eggs
• 1.5 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 3 cups grated unpeeled zucchini (about 2 1/2 medium)
• 1 1/4 cup chopped pecans
Preparation:
Preheat oven to 325°F. Prepare three 9-inch cake pans with butter and flour.
Sift flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt into medium bowl; set aside.
Beat sugar, butter and oil in large bowl until fluffy. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla extract. Mix in dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk in 3 additions each. Mix in grated zucchini. Mix in chopped nuts. Divide batter evenly into prepared pans.
Bake cake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 35 minutes. Cool cake completely in pans.
-Prepare frosting-
Remove pans and bring to room temperature. Frost each layer as you add it to the cake plate. Spread remaining frositng on the sides of the cake.
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