Name: Zucchini Chocolate Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups plain (all-purpose) flour; 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 tsp. baking soda; 2 tsps. baking powder; 1 tsp. salt; 2 large eggs, at room temperature; 1 3/4 cups caster (granulated) sugar; 1/2 cup oil; 1/2 cup milk; 2 cups grated unpeeled zucchini

Zucchini chocolate cake. Put a healthy spin on your favorite chocolate cake with this zucchini loaded cake. Sweet, moist and loaded with veggie goodness, there’s so much to love about this decadent cake.

This recipe is for all cake lovers out there who just want to turn their favorite dessert into a guilt-free treat. This cake is a variation of my favorite chocolate cake, but loaded with zucchinis.

Rich chocolate batter and plenty of grated zucchini filling make it standout from other cakes. As you bake it, zucchinis incorporate really well into the batter. You’ll never know the difference.

Seriously, a fun way to sneak veggies into your diet. And definitely, a great alternative to regular chocolate cake.

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Yield: 16

Zucchini Chocolate Cake

The best way to sneak zucchini into your diet. Healthy, moist and so delicious chocolate cake!

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 1 hour

Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups plain (all-purpose) flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp. baking soda
2 tsps. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
2 large eggs, at room temperature
1 3/4 cups caster (granulated) sugar
1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup milk
2 cups grated unpeeled zucchini

Instructions

Preheat oven to 180 C. Line a 9” cake pan with parchment paper.
Sift flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt into a large bowl. Set aside.
Whisk together eggs, sugar and oil in a large bowl. Add half of the flour mixture into the egg mixture. Beat for 1 minute. Add rest of the flour and milk. Beat again for 1-2 minutes, or until combined.
Fold in grated zucchini. Pour into prepared pan, and bake for 1 hour or until a skewer inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool in the pan for about 10 minutes before turning it onto a wire rack to cool completely.

Nutrition Information

Yield

Serving Size

1
Amount Per Serving Calories 89Total Fat 8gSaturated Fat 1gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 7gCholesterol 24mgSodium 199mgCarbohydrates 3gFiber 1gSugar 0gProtein 2g

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Comments

Hetal V says

August 17, 2015 at 8:12 am

Because it has veggies in it I can have like 4 slices right? haha looks amazing!

- [email protected] says
  
  August 17, 2015 at 10:16 pm
  
  Perfect excuse to eat more cake. I love such recipes 🙂
  
CHCooks says

August 17, 2015 at 2:07 pm

A zucchini cake has been on my mind for so long – this looks so delicious 🙂

- [email protected] says
  
  August 17, 2015 at 10:16 pm
  
  It’s one of my favorites too !
  
Traditionallymodernfood says

August 19, 2015 at 6:00 am

Healthy zucchini and yummy chocolate combo sounds perfect.. Kids can’t say no to this

Clemente Latiker says

September 4, 2015 at 3:53 am

It Made Me Like Zucchini! I made this cake for the first time last weekend as I had seen recipe in one of your emails and figured perhaps I should try to find a use for what I had considered an overrated vegetable–namely, zucchini.