chocolate zucchini cake with sugar cinnamon sauce

By pam arnold
@neednewdishes

This is a recipe from a church recipe booklet that my great aunt gave me for my first anniversary in 1984. It is very good and simple to make.
The sauce I just now made up. I tinkered with the amounts till it looked right and tasted ok to me LOl So I hope some of you will like this topping.

Rating:

★★★★★ 1 vote

Comments:

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Serves:

15 - 20 bake on 325 I used a 16x12 makes a thinner cake or use a 9x13

Prep:

20 Min

Cook:

25 Min

Ingredients

3: eggs
2 C: sugar
1 C: oil
2 C: grated zucchini
2 tsp: vanilla extract
3 C: flour
1 tsp: baking powder
1 tsp: salt
1 tsp: baking soda
1/3 c: cocoa powder

How to Make chocolate zucchini cake with sugar cinnamon sauce

Step-by-Step

1Mix together eggs, sugar, oil, vanilla and zucchini
2Sift dry ingredients together, add to egg mixture.
3You can add 1 cup of nuts and or 1 can pineapple chunks, drained.
I didnt use nuts or pineapple
4Sugar and cinnamon sauce

1 stick butter
1/4 c cream
3-4 Tbsp flour can also use cornstarch
1/4 c sugar or to taste
1-2 tsp cinnamon or to taste
1/2 c water for thinning
dash of salt optional
5Melt butter in sauce pan on low heat
add flour and blend with a wisk
add the cream wisk till well blended
If mixture is too thick, that is when I add a little water to thin it down
add sugar and cinnamon

Blend well to desired thickness. You can pour over all of cake or on individule pieces.