Chocolate banana zucchini cake

Chocolate banana zucchini cake

Chocolate Banana Zucchini Cake is a delicious dessert that combines flavors of chocolate, banana, and zucchini. This recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is suitable for those following a vegetarian diet and is perfect to make for a special occasion or holiday.

Ingredients

US
unsalted butter

unsalted butter

0.5 cup

flour

flour

2 cups

cocoa powder

cocoa powder

0.5 cup

baking powder

baking powder

1 tsp

salt

salt

0.5 tsps

brown sugar

brown sugar

1 cup

sugar

sugar

4 Tbsps

vanilla extract

vanilla extract

1 tsp

instant coffee powder

instant coffee powder

1 tsp

free range eggs

free range eggs

2 large

courgettes

courgettes

1 cup

banana

banana

1 large

dark chocolate chips

dark chocolate chips

1 cup

Method

  • Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees F and grease a 10-inch cake or springform pan with oil.
  • In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
  • In a food processor, process the sugar and butter until creamy. You can also do this by hand using a sturdy spatula.
  • Add the vanilla essence, coffee granules and eggs mixing well between each addition.
  • Reserve a cup of the flour mixture and add the rest to the egg mixture.
  • Mix until just combined. The batter will be thick.
  • Add the mashed banana and mix. Don't overmix.The batter will be lumpy.
  • Add the zucchini and chocolate chips to the reserved flour mixture and toss to coat.
  • Fold into the batter and blend with a spatula- don't overmix.
  • Pour into the prepared cake pan and level the surface with a spatula.
  • Bake for 40-50 min, until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
  • Let it cool for 10 min, run a knife around the pan to loosen the cake and take the cake out carefully on the cooling rack.
  • Let it come to room temperature.
  • Sprinkle with confectioner's sugar or glaze with melted chocolate.

Nutrition:

665 kcal

Carbs

116 g

Fat

20 g

Protein

8 g

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