Chocolate Zucchini Cake

Chocolate Zucchini Cake

1/2 cup (8 tablespoons) butter

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1 3/4 cups sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 large eggs

1/2 cup sour cream, buttermilk, or yogurt

2 1/2 cups flour

3/4 cup cocoa powder

3 cups shredded zucchini (about one 10" zucchini)*

1/2 cup chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 325°F. Grease and flour 13 x 9  cake pan. Sift flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt into medium bowl. Beat sugar, butter and oil in large bowl until well blended. 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. Pour batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle chocolate chips and nuts over.

Bake cake until tooth pick inserted into center comes out clean, about 50 minutes. Cool cake completely in pan.

If you want to frost it this frosting works great