Zucchini Chocolate Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 c. Hershey's cocoa
3 eggs
2 c. sugar
2 c. shredded zucchini
1/2 c. water
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 c. oil
3/4 c. butter
1 c. chopped nuts
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. orange peel

Preparation

Sift together first seven ingredients.
Beat eggs until light; add sugar slowly.
Set aside.
Soak zucchini in water and salt. Drain.
Add oil to dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk and zucchini.
Add chopped nuts, vanilla and orange peel; beat.
Fold in eggs. Pour into two 9-inch cake pans, greased and dusted with cocoa powder.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 40 to 45 minutes.