Chocolate Orange Zucchini Cake Recipes

CHOCOLATE ORANGE ZUCCHINI CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease a 9 x 9-inch baking pan.

CHOCOLATE ORANGE ZUCCHINI CAKE

Steps:

• In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat butter and sugar until creamy.
• Add in eggs, vanilla, and orange zest beating well after each addition.
• Add in milk, oil, and baking cocoa.
• In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• Add flour to cocoa mixture gradually, beating well after each addition.
• Gently fold in zucchini.
• Spread batter into a well greased Bundt pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 50-55 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean.
• Cool completely on a wire rack.
• For frosting, beat powdered sugar, butter, and cocoa.
• Drizzle 1/2 tablespoons of orange juice and milk, alternately, until spreadable frosting consistency is achieved.
• Spread over cooled cake.

ZUCCHINI CHOCOLATE ORANGE CAKE

Steps:

• To make the cake:.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease and flour Bundt pan.
• In a medium bowl, sift flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until fluffy.
• Add eggs, 1 teaspoon vanilla and milk to the butter mixture.
• Stir in dry ingredients and mix until well blended. Fold in zucchini, orange zest and nuts.
• Pour into a greased and floured Bundt cake pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees F for 50 to 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean.
• Allow to cool.
• To make the glaze:.
• In a small bowl mix together sugar, orange juice and vanilla. Invert cake onto serving dish, then drizzle glaze over.

CHOCOLATE ZUCCHINI CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F. Butter and flour 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking 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 tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 50 minutes. Cool cake completely in pan.

ZUCCHINI BUNDT CAKE WITH ORANGE GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Brush a 6-cup Bundt pan with butter, and dust with flour, tapping out excess. Whisk together flour, baking powder, spices, and 1 teaspoon salt.
• Grate zucchini on the large holes of a box grater, then squeeze dry in a clean kitchen towel or press in a ricer. (You will need 2 1/2 cups.)
• Stir together eggs and sugar, then stir in melted butter, zucchini, and orange zest and juice. Stir in flour mixture. Transfer batter to pan.
• Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour (cake will rise quite a bit over the top of the pan but should not run over). Transfer pan to a wire rack, and let cake cool for 10 minutes. Run a paring knife around edges of cake to loosen, and turn out onto wire rack. Let cool for at least 30 minutes.
• Brush several layers of orange glaze evenly over cake, and garnish with candied zucchini before serving.

ORANGE ZUCCHINI CAKE

Steps:

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• Cream butter in large mixing bowl with orange peel, spices and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
• Beat in eggs, one at a time.
• Sift flour with baking powder and salt and blend into creamed mixture alternately with orange juice.
• Stir in zucchini.
• Pour into greased and floured 10-inch tube pan.
• Bake in 350 degree oven 55 to 65 minutes, or until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan 10 minutes, then remove from pan and cool completely.
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• Beat ingredients together until smooth.
• Spread on top of cooled cake.

CHOCOLATE ORANGE ZUCCHINI CAKE

Steps:

• 1. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Set aside.
• 2. In a large bowl, with mixer, beat butter and sugar until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, and beat after each one. Add vanilla and orange extracts, orange rind, and drained zucchini. Beat on medium to blend together.
• 3. Mix in dry ingredients alternating with buttermilk. Stir until well blended. If using nuts, stir them in now. Pour batter into prepared bundt or tube pan.
• 4. Bake in preheated 325 degree oven 55-60 minutes or until cake springs back when touched. Cool on wire rack 8-10 minutes then turn out on cake plate to finish cooling.
• 5. Cocoa Orange Frosting: In a medium bowl, cream butter and powered sugar. Add cocoa and mix until well blended. Beat in milk, orange rind, and both extracts. Spread on plated cool cake.

CHOCOLATE ZUCCHINI CAKE III

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch baking pan.
• In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Add the eggs and oil, mix well. Fold in the nuts and zucchini until they are evenly distributed. Pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 50 to 60 minutes in the preheated oven, until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool cake completely before frosting with your favorite frosting.