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Chocolate Zucchini Picnic Cake
Photo: David Holifield

Chocolate Zucchini Picnic Cake

15 ingredients 20 min + 35 min 18 openrecipes
Chocolate Zucchini Picnic Cake

A moist chocolate zucchini cake with a crunchy brown sugar, chocolate chip and walnut topping. It’s one of my favorite ways to use the abundance of my zucchini crop!

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1141
Calories
30g
Protein
48g
Fat
143g
Carbs

Counts 11 of 13 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 11 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Chocolate 1 oz (28g) semisweet 155
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Cucumber 1/2 cup sliced (52g) 16
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Cake not in our table 0
Topping not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • ½ cups FOR THE CAKE:
  • ½ cups Butter, Softened
  • 2 whole Oil
  • 1-¾ cup Eggs
  • 1 teaspoon Sugar
  • ½ cups Vanilla
  • 2-½ cups Buttermilk
  • 4 Tablespoons Flour
  • 1 teaspoon Cocoa Powder
  • ½ teaspoons Baking Soda
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 2-½ cups Cinnamon
  • ½ cups Grated Zucchini
  • 1 cup FOR THE TOPPING:
  • 1 cup Brown Sugar

Directions

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By tastykitchen · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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