Healthy Chocolate Zucchini Cake

5 from 1 vote

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!.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword chocolate cake, chocolate zucchini cake, healthy cake

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 50 minutes

Servings servings

Calories 292kcal

Author Radwa

Ingredients

1 ½ cups plain flour
1 ½ cups zucchini
1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
3 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
4 eggs room temperature
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
225 g unsweetened chocolate chopped
¾ cup vegetable oil
1 ¼ cups white sugar
1 tablespoon 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).

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