Chocolate Zucchini Cake

Chocolate Zucchini Cake

My stepmom Mary gave me this recipe years ago and it is one of my favorites. I entered it at the fair one year and it won best cake at the fair so it is proven for sure. It is really moist and fairly light and is a great way to use up the zucchini that is in surplus this time of year. Hope you enjoy it!

• 1/2 c margarine or butter
• 1 3/4 c sugar
• 1/2 c oil
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/2 c buttermilk
• 2 1/2 c flour
• 4 Tbs cocoa
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 2 c shredded zucchini
• 1/2 c chocolate chips
• 1/2 c chopped nuts

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Cream margarine, oil, sugar, eggs, vanilla and buttermilk together until well blended. Sift the dry ingredients together and then mix into the wet ingredients on low speed. Stir in the zucchini until mixed in. Oil a 13X9 inch pan and pour the batter into the pan. Smooth out and sprinkle the nuts and chocolate chips over the top. Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes until a toothpick somes out clean.