Ingredients

3/4 C. butter
2 C. sugar
3 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
1 Tbsp. grated orange peel
2 C. grated raw zucchini
2 3/4 C. flour
1/2 C. cocoa
2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 C. low-fat milk
1 C. chopped walnuts
Lemon Orange Glaze
1 C. powdered sugar
1 Tbsp. vanilla
Grated orange peel or lemon juice

Cooking Instructions

Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour one 10-inch bundt pan. Cream butter and slowly add sugar, beating until smooth. Beat in eggs and mix thoroughly. Stir in vanilla, orange peel, and grated zucchini and blend well. Mix together flour, cocoa, baking powder, salt, cinnamon. Add to zucchini mixture alternately with milk and beat until thoroughly mixed. Pour batter in prepared pan and bake 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Glaze – Stir vanilla into sugar until a runny paste. Stir in peel and enough juice to make glaze pourable. When completely cooled, turn out of pan onto serving plate and drizzle glaze over top.
 
 
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