Chocolate Cake

Our garden is starting to produce nicely, which ultimately gives way to a surplus of zucchini. I have a lovely recipe for Zucchini Chocolate Cake that no one believes actually contains zucchini. It's so good, in fact, that I caught Sarah licking the lid to the cake pan.

Chocolate Zucchini Cake

Cream together:
3/4 C. butter

1 1/3 C. sugar

Add:
3 eggs

1 1/2 tsp. vanilla

Mix in:

1 1/2 C. flour

1 1/2 C. cocoa powder

1 tsp. each of baking powder and baking soda

1/2 tsp. each of salt and cinnamon

1 C. milk

Stir in:

2 C. grated zucchini

Bake in a 13x9 pan at 325 degrees for about 40 min.

Frosting

Beat together until smooth and spreadable:

1/2 C. butter

1 C. cocoa powder

3 C. powdered sugar

2 Tbsp. coffee

Milk