50+ Friends Club Cookbook -- Cakes and Frostings -- Chocolate Courgette Cake
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Chocolate Courgette Cake
From the Kitchen of: Pepper
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COMMENTS:Courgette is the French word for zucchini. This name is used throughout Europe.
2 1/2 | cup | Flour |
2 1/2 | teas. | Baking powder |
1 | teas. | Cinnamon |
3/4 | cup | Margerine |
1/2 | cup | Cocoa |
3 | | Eggs |
1 3/4 | cup | Sugar |
2 | teas. | Vanilla |
2 | teas. | grated orange peel |
2 | cup | grated courgette |
1/2 | cup | Milk |
1 | cup | chopped nuts |
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a bundt pan or a 9x13 cake pan.
- Sift together flour, baking powder, soda, and cinnamon. Set aside. Cream together margarine, cocoa, and sugar.
- Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
- Combine vanilla, orange peel, and courgette, then stir into first mixture.
- Add dry ingredients, alternating with milk, then add nuts.
- Pour into pan and bake for 1 hour.