Originally Posted by maviskw

Why bother with shredding? Put all the wet ingredients into a blender, blend a little, then add enough zucchini chunks to measure 2 more cups in the blender pitcher. Blend well or blend just until all chunks have gone through the blades.

I make most of my cakes this way, but especially those with zucchini, pumpkin, carrot and such. Let the blender do the shredding/grating. So much easier. The sugar can go either in the dry ingredients or in with the wet. Stir the rest of the dry ingredients together and add the wet.