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Chocolate Zucchini Birthday Cake
4 large eggs 2 1/4 cups sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla 3/4 cup margarine, softened 3 cups unsifted all-purpose flour 1/2 cups cocoa 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 3/4 teaspoon salt 1 cup buttermilk 3 cups shredded zucchini 1 cup chopped nuts Chocolate Frosting Grease and flour four 9-inch cake pans. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Beat eggs in large mixer bowl, add sugar, beat until thick and lemon colored. Gradually beat in vanilla and margarine. In a large sifter, combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, soda and salt. Sift one-half of this mixture over egg mixture. Stir together. Add buttermilk. Stir until combined. Sift in remaining flour mixture. Fold in zucchini and nuts. Divide batter into the four pans and bake 25 to 30 minutes until cake pulls away from edge of pan. Chocolate Frosting: 1 cup softened margarine 2 pounds powdered sugar 1/2 cups cocoa 1 tablespoons vanilla 1/3 to 1/2 cup milk Beat until creamy. Shave curls of refrigerated Hershey bar over top of cake and sprinkle with 1/2 cup chopped nuts. http://www.all-easy-recipes.co.uk
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