Recipe: Chocolate Chocolate Chip Zucchini Cake (13x9-inch)

CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE CHIP ZUCCHINI CAKE

1/2 cup olive oil
2 cups grated zucchini
1 1/3 cup butter, at room temperature
1 3/4 cups sugar
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup sour milk
2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup chocolate chips, at baking time

Stir together oil and zucchini; set aside.

In large bowl cream butter and sugar; fold in zucchini mixture and eggs. Set aside.

In second bowl add vanilla to sour milk.

In separate bowl sift together all dry ingredients, except chocolate chips. Add milk alternately with dry ingredients to zucchini-egg mixture, blending well each addition.

Grease a 13x9-inch pan. Spread mixture in pan and cover with chocolate chips before baking.

Bake at 350 degrees F for 40 minutes. Cool before serving.

A Conversation with the Cook... "When you are creaming butter and sugar together, it's a good idea to rinse the bowl with boiling water first. They'll cream faster."

Makes 1 (13x9-inch) cake, 12 servings
Source: Offerings from the Oven by Wendy Louise with Mary Ann Koopmann