Ingredients

1/3 cup butter, softened
1 ¼ cups sugar
2 eggs
½ cup buttermilk
1/3 cup unsweetened apple sauce
2 oz semisweet chocolate, melted
1 tsp vanilla
2 ¼ cups all purpose flour
1 ½ tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
¼ tsp baking soda
2 cups shredded zucchini
powdered sugar for garnish

Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until crumbly. Add eggs, mix well. Beat in buttermilk, apple sauce, chocolate and vanilla. Mix flour with baking powder, salt and soda and stir into butter mixture just until moistened. Stir in zucchini. Turn into a 9x13 inch baking pan which has been sprayed with baking spray. Bake in a 350 deg oven about 30 to 35 minutes until it is browned and tests done. Cool on a wire rack. Dust with powdered sugar before serving if you wish.