Chocolate Zucchini Cake With Broiled Topping
- Cake
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1 cup oil
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 cups shredded zucchini
- 1 teaspoon almond flavoring
- 1/2 cup buckwheat flour
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Topping
- 1/4 cup melted butter
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/8 cup milk
- 1/2 - 1 cup sliced almonds (to your liking)
- whipped topping, to decorate (optional)
- Prepare a 9 x 13 inch pan by greasing it.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- To make cake, beat eggs, oil, honey and brown sugar tog.
- Mix dry ingredients (baking powder, salt, flour, buckwheat flour and cocoa) and set aside.
- Mix tog buttermilk and soda and set aside.
- Add zucchini to egg mixture, then add 1/3 of the flour mixture.
- Mix the remaining flour mixture and buttermilk alternately into the egg mixture.
- Add almond flavoring.
- After this is all mixed tog well, pour into prepared cake pan.
- Bake at 350 degF for 35- 40 minutes, testing with a tooth pick to see if done, especially in the middle or in the cracks.
- While the cake is baking, prepare the topping by melting the butter, then add brown sugar and milk.
- After the cake is done remove from oven and spread 1/2 of the topping mixture over the cake, making sure all the cake has topping on it, then sprinkle the sliced almonds over the cake evenly and to taste.
- Drizzle the remaining syrup of the almonds on the cake and return to oven.
- Broil the cake until it is nicely browned,watching not to burn the topping.
- Can be served warm or cold.
- Top each serving with some whipped topping, like whipped cream, to taste.
- Enjoy!
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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chocolate-zucchini-cake-with-broiled-topping-93538 (may not work)