Like Bill Cosby you can consider cake to be a nutritious start to the day because this one has a vegetable in it:
Chocolate Zucchini Cake
Cream together:
¾ C. oil 2 C. sugar 3 eggsAdd and mix:
2 tsp. vanilla ½ C. cocoa powder 1 T. baking powder 1 ½ tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. cinnamon 2 tsp. orange zest (Option: a few drops of orange oil like for candy-making may be substituted. ½ C. milk 2 C. grated zucchini 2 ½ C. flour (Option: substitute 1 C. whole wheat flour for 1 C. white flour.) Pour into greased and floured bundt pan. Bake at 375 degrees for 45 minutes.Chocolate Frosting
4 ¾ C. powder sugar ½ C. cocoa powder ½ C. margarine or butter, softened 1/3 C. boiling water 1 tsp. vanilla Mix powdered sugar and cocoa. Add margarine, boiling water, and vanilla. Beat with mixer on low till combined. Beat for 1 minute on medium speed. Cool for about 20 minutes till spreading consistency. Drizzle or spread over top and down sides of bundt.
I made this cake for Sunday – it was a HIT! Even bigger than all the Marie Calendar pies.