Chocolate Orange Zucchini Cake
This recipe for Chocolate Zucchini Cake with Orange Glaze uses up summer bounty of squash. Don’t limit yourself to this treat in the warmer months, however. It can be enjoyed at the holiday table as well, and it totes well for potlucks and parties.
Servings: 16 Slices
Calories: 139kcal
This recipe for Chocolate Zucchini Cake with Orange Glaze is courtesy of Green Mountain at Fox Run, Vermont, and uses up summer bounty of squash. Don't limit yourself to this treat in the warmer months, however. It can be enjoyed at the holiday table as well.
Ingredients
Cake Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup Splenda Sugar Blend (or granulated sugar)
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder (low sodium)
- ½ teaspoon soda
- ½ teaspoon Fine Pink Salt
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 eggs
- ⅓ cup canola oil
- ½ cup plain non-fat Greek yogurt
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons grated orange peel
- 1 ½ cups grated zucchini
Orange Glaze Ingredients
- ½ cup Confectioners Sugar -or- Swerve No Carb Sweetener
- 1 tablespoon melted butter
- 2 tablespoons orange juice
- ½ teaspoon grated orange peel
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease an 8×8” cake pan or 8” round spring form pan or a loaf pan.
- In medium mixing bowl, sift together flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, soda, salt and cinnamon.
- In large mixing bowl, beat eggs and stir in canola oil.
- Beat dry ingredients into egg mixture alternately with yogurt.
- Stir in vanilla, orange peel and zucchini.
- Pour batter in baking pan and bake 50 to 60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- Cool.
- Make glaze. Mix together powdered sugar and butter. Stir in orange juice and grated peel. Drizzle glaze over cake.
Spa Index Kitchen Notes
While it’s great on its own, zucchini also provides wonderful texture and moistness when added to cakes and breads.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1 slice or square | Calories: 139 kcal (7%) | Carbohydrates: 19 g (6%) | Protein: 3.2 g (6%) | Fat: 6 g (9%) | Cholesterol: 23 mg (8%) | Sodium: 130 mg (6%) | Potassium: 180 mg (5%) | Fiber: 1 g (4%) | Sugar: 9.5 g (11%) | Vitamin A: 300 IU (6%) | Vitamin C: 7.4 mg (9%) | Calcium: 30 mg (3%) | Iron: 0.9 mg (5%)
A really nice change from the same-old zucchini nut bread, which gets a little boring.
Was getting tired of zucchini bread one summer, so made this instead. Have made it many times since then. Came looking for it again when I lost the recipe, and leaving my notes. It’s a dessert / snack I make ALL the time!
very tasty
This is my favorite flavor combo — chocolate and orange. This goes on the to-make list straight away!