Recipe: Chocolate Chip Zucchini Cake

Wondering what to do with all that zucchini you grew in your garden?  Wishing that your kids would eat more veggies?  Want a great dessert recipe for potlucks and barbeques?  Well, here it is...Chocolate Chip Zucchini Cake!  This is my mom's recipe that never fails to please.  (Unless you accidentally use whole wheat flour like I did last time.  Ugh!) It's the zucchini that makes the cake moist and wonderful, but nobody needs to know there's zucchini in it!  My son helped me make the cake today.  He surprised me by eating some of the grated zucchini.  He liked it!  

Chocolate Chip Zucchini Cake

½ cup butter

½ cup oil

1 ¾ cups granulated white sugar

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

½ cup milk

2 ½ cups flour

½ teaspoon salt

4 tablespoons baking cocoa

1 teaspoon baking soda

2 cups peeled & grated zucchini

12 oz. semi- sweet chocolate chips

½ cup walnuts, chopped

Cream together butter, oil, &  sugar.  Then add eggs, vanilla, & milk.  Mix well.  In separate bowl, mix all dry ingredients together then add to creamed mixture.  Stir in zucchini.  Pour cake batter into greased & floured 9 x 13 pan.  Sprinkle top with chocolate chips & walnuts. 

Bake @ 325° for 40-45 minutes until knife inserted in center comes out clean.    Enjoy!

K helping Mommy make zucchini cake for a picnic