How To make Mocha Zucchini Bread

2 c Unbleached All-Purpose
-Flour 3 ts Baking powder
1/2 ts Salt
4 tb Cocoa powder
1/3 c Shortening
2/3 c Granulated sugar
2 Eggs
1 tb Instant coffee,
Dissolved in 1/4 c hot -water 1 1/2 c Grated zucchini
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Thoroughly grease a glass loaf pan. Sift dry ingredients together. In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream shortening and sugar together. Add eggs to creamed mixture one at a time. Add dissolved instant coffee. Add zucchini. Mix in dry mixture by hand, just until mixed. Do not overbeat. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake 50 minutes to an hour, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool in pan on a cooling rack 15-20 minutes, then turn out of pan onto rack to finish cooling. Serve slightly warm, spread with butter, cream cheese, or plain. * The Polka Dot Palace BBS 1-201-822-3627 Posted by FAYLEN