Chocolate Buttermilk Zucchini Cake (1952)

• 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 3 eggs
• 1 tspn vanilla
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 2-1/2 cups enriched all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tspn allspice
• 1/2 tspn cinnamon
• 1/2 tspn salt
• 2 tspns baking soda
• 4 tbspns cocoa
• 3 zucchini, approx 6 inches long
• 12 to 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate pieces

In a large mixing bowl, cream together the sugars, butter, and oil.  Add eggs, vanilla and buttermilk, stirring well to mix. 

Sift together all the dry ingredients, then sift into mixing bowl. Grate the zucchini, skin and all, into the bowl and stir until blended. 

Pour into a greased, floured 13-x-9-inch baking pan. Sprinkle top with chocolate pieces and bake in preheated 325 degree oven for 45 minutes or until cake tests done. Makes 12 servings.

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(Origin - "The Golden Jubilee of Guild Cookery: 1927 to 1977," compiled by The Bedford Hospital Guild of Bedford, Ohio. This recipe was by Barbara Garran.)