Chocolate Zucchini Cake Recipe

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Ingredients:

\n• 100 gr margarine (I use Nutlex brand as it contains no milk additives)
\n• 1 Tsp grated Orange rind
\n• 1 cup Naturally Sweet Xylitol
\n• 2 cups grated Zucchini
\n• ¼ cup Cocoa powder
\n• 1 ½ cups S.R gluten free flour (I used Orgran Brand)
\n• 1 Tsp Guar gum
\n• 3/4 Tsp Cinnamon
\n• 2 Tbls Glycerine
\n• 1 Tsp Vanilla
\n• 2 eggs beaten
\n• ½ cup chopped walnuts\n\n

Method:

\nPreheat fan forced oven to 160 Deg C
\nGrease a 15cm x 25cm loaf tin and line bottom with baking paper
\nIn a large bowl combine all dry ingredients
\nCream margarine, rind and Xylitol until light and fluffy
\nAdd eggs, glycerine and vanilla
\nStir in zucchini, fold in rest of ingredients
\nPlace in pan and bake for approx. 50 -55 minutes
\nRemove from oven and stand for 5 minutes before removing from Pan
\nWhen cool ice with orange icing\n\n

Icing

\n• 30 gr Milk free margarine
\n• 1 Tsp Orange rind
\n• 2 cups Xylitol icing sugar
\n• approx. 2 Tbls icing sugar\n\nBeat butter and orange ring in a bowl till smooth gradually add icing sugar and enough of the orange juice to give a spreadable consistency.\n\n

Recipe courtesy of Sue L Surfers Paradise

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