Black And Green Ecstasy
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- Number of Servings: 10
Ingredients
4 oz 60%-70% chocolate, coarsely chopped¼ cup apple butter¾ cup flour½ cup spelt flour¼ cup cocoa powder1 teaspoon baking powder1 teaspoon baking soda½ teaspoon salt¼ cup butter, softened½ cup brown sugar2 eggs2 teaspoons vanilla extract¼ cup buttermilk1 ½ cups grated zucchini
Preheat oven to 350F. Grease a 9-inch cake pan.
Melt the chocolate in a double boiler over low heat, taking care not to scorch. Stir in apple butter and set aside.
Sift together the flours, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into a medium mixing bowl.
In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light.
Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition, then beat in the vanilla.
Add the flour mixture and buttermilk, beating until combined, then fold in the chocolate mixture.
Stir in the zucchini.
Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 35 minutes.
Cool the cake in the pan for about 10 minutes on a wire rack, then invert it on the rack, remove the pan, and cool completely.
Number of Servings: 10
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JO_JO_BA.
Melt the chocolate in a double boiler over low heat, taking care not to scorch. Stir in apple butter and set aside.
Sift together the flours, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into a medium mixing bowl.
In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light.
Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition, then beat in the vanilla.
Add the flour mixture and buttermilk, beating until combined, then fold in the chocolate mixture.
Stir in the zucchini.
Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 35 minutes.
Cool the cake in the pan for about 10 minutes on a wire rack, then invert it on the rack, remove the pan, and cool completely.
Number of Servings: 10
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JO_JO_BA.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 211.8
- Total Fat: 11.1 g
- Cholesterol: 54.9 mg
- Sodium: 56.9 mg
- Total Carbs: 28.3 g
- Dietary Fiber: 3.1 g
- Protein: 4.7 g
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