Chocolate Zucchini Cake

Ingredients

• CAKE:
• Cooking spray
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup (4 ounces) 1/3-less-fat cream cheese, softened
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 2 large eggs
• 2 large egg whites
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 11.25 ounces all-purpose flour (about 2 1/2 cups)
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3/4 cup nonfat buttermilk
• 2 cups shredded zucchini (about 2 medium)
• 2/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• GLAZE:
• 3/4 cup powdered sugar
• 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
• 8 teaspoons fat-free milk
• 2 tablespoons semisweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preparation

1. 1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. 2. To prepare cake, coat a 12-cup Bundt pan with cooking spray; dust pan with 1 tablespoon flour.
3. 3. Place granulated sugar and next 3 ingredients in a large bowl, and beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended (about 5 minutes). Add eggs and egg whites, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in 1 teaspoon vanilla.
4. 4. Weigh or lightly spoon 11.25 ounces flour (about 2 1/2 cups) into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour and next 5 ingredients in a medium bowl, stirring with a whisk.
5. 5. Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately to sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Stir in zucchini and chocolate chips. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake at 350° for 1 hour or until a long wooden pick inserted in cake comes out clean. Cool pan on a wire rack 10 minutes. Remove cake from pan; cool completely on wire rack.
6. 6. To prepare glaze, combine 3/4 cup powdered sugar and 3 tablespoons cocoa in a small bowl; stir with a whisk. Combine milk, 2 tablespoons chocolate chips, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla in a 1-cup glass measure. Microwave at HIGH 30 seconds or until chocolate melts. Combine powdered sugar mixture with chocolate mixture, stirring with a whisk. Drizzle glaze over cake.
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8. Young Chefs can:
9. Measure shredded zucchini and chocolate chips
10. Add zucchini and chocolate chips to batter
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12. Older Chefs can:
13. Help shred zucchini
14. Prepare glaze, and drizzle over cake