A rich and healthy chocolate zucchini cake topped with dark chocolate to self indulge after a rough day. For me, chocolate cake is the perfect dessert with a cup of coffee. Look at this chocolate cake and believe me this cake tastes even better than it looks!.
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Healthy Chocolate Zucchini Cake Recipe
In this triple chocolate zucchini cake, I used dark chopped chocolate, unsweetened chocolate chips and unsweetened cocoa powder, such a dense chocolate cake. If you never tasted a chocolate cake with vegetables before, here is your chance, make this chocolate zucchini cake in which you will not see or taste the zucchini and will enjoy a pleasant chocolaty taste. It’s a really delicious must-try cake!.
You will also like, Low carb zucchini Brownie Bites.
Chocolate Cake Ingredients
- Plain flour
- Zucchini, grated
- Baking powder
- Unsweetened cocoa powder
- Eggs, room temperature
- Vanilla extract
- Unsweetened chocolate, chopped
- Vegetable oil
- White sugar
- Unsweetened chocolate chips (optional)
How To Make This Healthy Chocolate Zucchini Cake
Preparing the oven: Preheat the oven at 170C.
Making the cake: In a bowl, mix the eggs and vanilla extract using the electric hand mixer. Then add the sugar and butter and keep whisking.
After that, add the flour, baking powder and cocoa powder then continue whisking.
Finally, add the grated zucchini and chopped chocolate then mix using a spatula or wooden spoon. A very thick batter will form, don’t worry.
Preparing the cake pan: line a 22 cm cake pan with parchment paper and grease the sides with butter. Then pour the batter in the pan.
Baking: Bake the cake for 50- 55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre of the cake, comes clean.
Garnish: Sprinkle some dark chocolate chips on the top (optional).
Tips:
- You don’t need to squeeze the liquid from the zucchini as it is useful in making the cake moist.
- I like to peel the zucchini before using it in desserts, but that is optional if you don’t peel it won’t affect the outcome.
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Healthy Chocolate Zucchini Cake
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups plain flour
- 1 1/2 cups zucchini
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 3 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- 4 eggs room temperature
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 225 g unsweetened chocolate chopped
- 3/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 1/4 cups white sugar
- 1 tbsp unsweetened chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven at 170C.
- In a bowl, mix the eggs and vanilla extract using the electric hand mixer. Then add the sugar and butter and keep whisking.
- After that, add the flour, baking powder and cocoa powder then continue whisking.
- Finally, add the grated zucchini and chopped chocolate then mix using a spatula or wooden spoon. A very thick batter will form, don't worry.
- line a 22 cm cake pan with parchment paper and grease the sides with butter. Then pour the batter in the pan.
- Bake the cake for 50- 55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre of the cake, comes clean.
- Sprinkle some dark chocolate chips on the top (optional).
