When i first encountered clotilde
dusoulier's fabulous chocolate and
zucchini website, i thought to
myself, "how wonderful, the
ingredients of my favorite
cake!" my grandmother taught
me how to bake when i was very
young, and later when i was in high
school she sent us a recipe pulled
from sunset magazine for chocolate
and zucchini cake. being
adventurous, and knowing how good
zucchini bread tastes, i tried it
and it quickly became my favorite -
the standard against which all
future chocolate cakes were
measured. the main distinction of
this particular cake is its
moistness. the zucchini absorbes
the cocoa delivering the full
flavor of chocoate, but without the
heaviness of some other chocolate
cakes. today mom pulled the recipe
out of some forgotten folder, still
intact from the september 1974
issue of sunset. i haven't made the
cake in over twenty years, but it
is still as delicious as i remember
it. here's to you clotilde! happy
belated birthday and thank you for
the inspiration of chocolate and
zucchini.
