Chocolate Zucchini Cake

Bake a delicious fudgy choloate cake and eat some vegetables at the same time!

This fudgy Chocolate Zucchini Cake is not only delicious but olso helps you take in some important vitamins! It is perfect to disguise some vegetables to your children or picky eaters, as you don't taste the zucchini at all. Thanks to the zucchini the cake is suuuuper moist and fluffy. Try it out!

Ingredients

(for a 28 cm round pan)

280 g flour
400 g white sugar
80 g baking cocoa
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
0.5 tsp salt
1 tsp ground cinnamon
4 egg(s)
250 ml vegetable oil
600 g grated zucchini
100 g chocolate chips
100 g chopped walnuts (optional)

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 175°C (350°F). Grease and flour your pan.

Step 2

In a big bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. In a second bowl, whist together the eggs and the oil.

Add the liquid ingredients to the dry mixture and mix well.
Fold in the chocolate chips and the chopped walnuts. You can omit the walnuts or substitute them with other nuts you like.

Step 3

Pour the dough into the prepared pan.
Bake for 50 to 60 minutes in the preheated oven. Make sure that a knife inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.

Step 4

Once the cake has cooled down completely you can add your favorite frosting.
Click here for a delicious Chocolate frosting recipe
Otherwise dust the cake with some powdered sugar.
Enjoy!

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