Great-grandma's Chocolate Zucchini Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1/2 cup butter, softened (or margarine)
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 3/4 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 4 teaspoons cocoa powder
• 2 cups zucchini, grated
• 1/4 cup chocolate chips (or more)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• 2 cream together butter, oil, sugar, eggs and vanilla.
• 3 stir lemon juice into milk to make sour milk.
• 4 stir sour milk into creamed mixture.
• 5 sift baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, flour and cocoa three times.
• 6 gradually stir dry ingredients into wet mixture until completely combined, then stir in zucchini.
• 7 pour batter into a greased 9x13 cake pan and sprinkle top with chocolate chips.
• 8 bake for 40-45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.