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Chocolate Zucchini Cake
Have your veggies and eat it too. In the form of chocolate cake! This Chocolate Zucchini Cake is moist, tender, fluffy, and superbly chocolatey. Nobody will guess your secret ingredient.
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
1 hr 5 mins
Servings: 20
Calories: 332 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 ½ cups granulated sugar
- ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 tsp instant coffee granules decaf is fine
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp table salt
- 4 large eggs
- 1 ⅓ cups canola oil
- 3 cups zucchini finely grated and loosely packed
- 1 cup mini chocolate chips semi-sweet (mini's are best, as they melt into the cake well)
- Optional: powdered sugar for dusting or frosting of your choice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F, with rack on lower middle position. Grease and flour a 9x13 baking pan. Set aside.
- In a bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, coffee granules, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Whisk to combine well.
- In a separate bowl, lightly beat the eggs. Add oil, zucchini, and mini chocolate chips. Stir to combine well.
- Using a rubber spatula, gently fold together the flour mixture with the egg mixture. Fold gently just until no more dry streaks of flour remain; do not overmix.
- Bake 40-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with a few tender crumbs attached (be sure to test in a cake-only spot; cracked spots tend to be misleading, since melted chocolate chips sit in those cracks.) Cool cake completely in pan before slicing and serving. If desired, decorate cake with powdered sugar or frosting of your choice
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Nutrition Information
Serving
1g
Calories
332kcal
(17%)
Carbohydrates
42g
(14%)
Protein
3g
(6%)
Fat
19g
(29%)
Saturated Fat
3g
(15%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
5g
Monounsaturated Fat
10g
Trans Fat
0.1g
Cholesterol
1mg
(0%)
Sodium
139mg
(6%)
Potassium
102mg
(3%)
Fiber
3g
(12%)
Sugar
32g
(64%)
Vitamin A
57IU
(1%)
Vitamin C
3mg
(3%)
Calcium
38mg
(4%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 20Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 332
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1g | |
| Calories | 332kcal | 17% |
| Carbohydrates | 42g | 14% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 19g | 29% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 5g | 29% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 10g | 50% |
| Trans Fat | 0.1g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 1mg | 0% |
| Sodium | 139mg | 6% |
| Potassium | 102mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 32g | 64% |
| Vitamin A | 57IU | 1% |
| Vitamin C | 3mg | 3% |
| Calcium | 38mg | 4% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.