Chocolate, Zucchini, Sweet Potato, Cake Recipe #93811
This cake must be good for you with zucchini, sweet potato, cherries and cocoa! How can you go wrong?
by ~Rita~
1½ hours | 20 min prep
SERVES 12
- 1/4 cup cocoa
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1/2 cup rye flour or buckwheat flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
- 1/2 cup honey
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1 cup grated zucchini
- 1 cup grated sweet potato
- 1 cup dried cherries, hydrated in
- 3 tablespoons rum or hot water
- 1 cup pecans, roughly chopped (optional)
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips (optional)
Glaze
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup water or your favorite liqueur
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Butter and flour a bundt pan.
- Sift together first 7 ingredients.
- Set aside.
- In a mixer mix oil, sugar, honey add eggs and vanilla.
- Mix dry ingredients into egg mixture then add buttermilk.
- Stir in remaining ingredients.
- Pour into pan and bake for 50-60 minutes till toothpick comes out clean.
- Let cool.
- Invert onto cake dish.
- Mix glaze and water and pour onto cake.
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