Chocolate Zucchini Cake (contributed by Phyllis Potts)
1 cup White Rice Flour 1-1/4 cups White Bean Flour
2 tsp Xanthan Gum 1/2 cup Unsweetened Cocoa
1 Tb Baking Powder 1-1/2 tsp Baking Soda
1 tsp Sea Salt 1 tsp Cinnamon
3/4 cup Soft Butter 2 cups Sugar
3 Eggs 2 tsp Vanilla
2 tsp Grated Orange Peel 2 cups Shredded Zucchini
1/2 cup Milk or Water 1 cup Walnuts Pieces
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour a tube pan or loaf pan.
In a mixing bowl combine rice & bean flours, Xanthan, cocoa, baking powder & soda, salt and cinnamon), set aside. In another bowl cream together the butter and sugar; add eggs one at a time and vanilla extract, orange peel and zucchini. Stir in, alternately, the flour mixture and milk (or water); add nuts and stir. Pour batter into prepared pan.
Bake for approximately 1-1/2 hours; cool with oven door open for 30 minutes. Turn out and cool completely on a wire rack. May be served with or without frosting.