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Chocolate Zucchini Roll Recipe

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From Best of Taste of Home: The First 10 Years (Taste of Home Books), About.com Guest

If you like zucchini bread, try this chocolate zucchini roll stuffed with cream cheese frosting. You will have a hard time tasting the zucchini in this dessert.

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 3 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup baking cocoa
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup shredded peeled zucchini
  • .
  • Filling:
  • 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
  • 1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 cup confectioners' sugar
  • Additional confectioners' sugar

Preparation:

In a mixing bowl, beat eggs and vanilla. Combine flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt; add to egg mixture and mix well. Stir in zucchini.

Spread into a greased and waxed paper-lined 15x10x1 inch baking pan. Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched.

Turn onto a linen towel dusted with confectioners' sugar. Peel off waxed paper and roll up, jelly-roll style, starting with a short side. Cool on wire rack.

In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, butter, and vanilla until fluffy. Beat in confectioners' sugar.

Unroll cake; spread filling to within 1 inch of edges. Roll up again; dust with confectioners' sugar. Refrigerate until serving.

Yield: 10 servings

Per serving: 149 Calories (kcal); 5g Total Fat; (28% calories from fat); 1g Protein; 25g Carbohydrate; 12mg Cholesterol; 226mg Sodium Food Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 1 Fat; 1 Other Carbohydrates

Recipe Source: Best of Taste of Home: The First 10 Years (Taste of Home Books)
Reprinted with permission.

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