Chocolate Zucchini Cake
A delicious chocolaty cake - with zucchini. You wouldn't even know it was in there! This cake always goes down a treat at home or at work. Nice when still a tiny bit warm from the oven, or chilled from the fridge. Quite a bit of prep, but worth it! Go on, try it, I know you want to!
Ingredients
Makes: 1 cake
- 125g butter, softened
- 1 cup soft brown sugar
- 3/4 cup caster sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 2 1/2 cups self-raising flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon mixed spice/allspice
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups zucchini, grated
- 1/2 cup yoghurt, natural/plain
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips/pieces
Directions
Preparation:30min ›
Cook:45min ›
Ready in:1hour15min
- Preheat oven to 170 degrees C.
- Line a 25cm square cake tin or roasting pan with baking paper (no need to grease).
- Beat the butter and sugars with a food processor or by hand until light and creamy.
- Add the eggs one at a time, adding a little flour with each egg to prevent curdling. Mix well after each addition. Reserve 1/2 cup flour for later.
- Add the cinnamon, mixed spice, salt, cocoa and vanilla extract. Mix well.
- Add the grated zucchini, yoghurt and chocolate chips. Mix well.
- The final mixture should be just wet enough to pour into the tin. If it is too wet, mix in some of the reserved 1/2 cup of flour. (A cake with less flour is softer.)
- Pour into the lined cake tin or roasting pan and bake for 30-45 minutes until firm and a skewer comes out clean.
- Cut when cold. Store in the fridge for up to 3 days. (If it doesn't get eaten first.)
Tip
Cooking times may vary slightly from oven to oven. Test it with a skewer after 35 minutes, if it needs a few more minutes then put it back in for 5-10 minutes or so.
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I made it my whole family saw me putting zucchini in turned their noses up but when it was out iced and eaten all had a change of mind now they want zucchini in everything thank you - 30 Sep 2013
I had to cook this cake for an hour and a half, and I'm still not sure it's done! It is very moist. It smells veery tasty, but I haven't let the family touch it yet. Mine was never too wet in the mixing, but I feel like I should have added all the flour anyway. - 02 Oct 2013