Lightened-up Chocolate Zucchini Cake (w/ Or W/out Frosting)

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 2 tablespoons cocoa
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups packed shredded zucchini (skin and all)
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup applesauce
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 2 tablespoons nonfat dry milk powder
• 4 large egg whites, from large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup dried tart cherry
• 8 ounces fat free cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup pineapple preserves
• 1/2 cup coconut

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven 350 degrees.
• 2 sift and then mix all dry ingredients in a food processor with metal blade set aside.
• 3 in the food processor add butter, oil and sugar mix till creamy.
• 4 while machine is running, add applesauce through vanilla by way of the feed tube.
• 5 add zucchini.
• 6 add flour mixture.
• 7 add cherries and pulse to mix.
• 8 bake in a greased and floured bundt pan for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into cake comes out clean.
• 9 in the food processor mix cheese and jam. spread on cooled cake.
• 10 press coconut into frosting of cake.