• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Teti's flakes

  • Winter
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Autumn
  • CONTACT
  • Exclusive
  • Ελληνικά

Amazing zucchini chocolate cake recipe

September 3, 2018

Jump to Recipe Print Recipe

If you keep reading the title of the recipe thinking that you are reading it wrong then you have to know that you are not wrong, you are reading it correctly, it says zucchini. If you read the recipe and you think there is no possibility for an excellent cake then you are wrong, since below you can find  the most amazing zucchini chocolate cake recipe. 

How did we get to the amazing zucchini chocolate cake recipe 

Once again I will refer to my parents’ garden. Sorry guys but the zucchini from their garden was the reason behind this post. You see, the quantity of the zucchini is huge, I do not know what happens every year! Maybe one year the garden won’t provide us enough of aubergines, but we will have zucchini. May the next year there is a problem with the tomatoes (why God? WHY? Why bad things happen to good people?), but we will have zucchini. We may not have water to drink, but we will still have zucchini. 

Therefore, every year around August everyone in my family keep wondering “what we will do with so many zucchini?”. So, I started googling for “zucchini recipes”, “recipes for ten pounds of zucchini”, “how to sell zucchini” and so on.

Problem solved 

Seems like there were a lot of recipes but I choosed Zoe’s recipe for this amazing zucchini chocolate cake recipe. Zoe also had a lot of zucchini but also great experience in baking, how could I not trust her? If you do not believe me, see below!

Amazing zucchini chocolate cake recipe

zucchini chocolate cake

zucchini chocolate cake

zucchini chocolate cake

zucchini chocolate cake
Print Recipe

Amazing zucchini chocolate cake recipe

Tip No. 1: Do not try to remove moisture from zucchini, so do not add salt and do not squeeze them!

Tip No. 2: You will see below that after you butter the cake pan then you have to cover the buttered surface with cocoa powder. Add enough cocoa podwder in order to cover the pan, you can add the excess quantity back to its box.  And if you do not have enough cocoa powder, do not add flour, your cake will look as if it's stained.
Course: Dessert
Keyword: cake

Ingredients

For the cake

  • 260 gr all purpose flour
  • 55 gr unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 100 gr butter, at room temperature
  • 200 gr brown sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 150 gr sugar
  • 120 ml olive oil
  • 120 gr plain yogurt
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 300 gr grated zucchini
  • 100 gr bittersweet chocolate, melted and cooled to room temperature

For making the ganache

  • 110 gr bittersweet chocolate, melted and cooled to room temperature
  • 110 ml heavy whipping cream
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract or rum/liquor

Instructions

  • Butter and spread with cocoa powder a cake pan. Set aside. Keep in mind that the cake will be baked at 180* C. But  I do not suggest to turn the oven on at this point, we still have time. 
  • Then, start with preparing the ingredients. So, remove butter and eggs out of the refrigerator and then melt bittersweet chocolate. Cut the chocolate into  small pieces and add it at a bain marie. Once it has melted (you can stir with a wooden spoon in order to help chocolate to melt), set it aside in order to come at room temperature.
  • Continue with grating zucchini. Remember that we need the moisture of the zucchini so we do not squeeze it. Leave aside.
    Now, you can turn the oven on at 180* C.
  • Like most cakes, put all the dry ingredients in a bowl. So, after sifting the flour (well if you do not sift it, it's not the end of the world) combine it along with cocoa, soda and salt. Leave aside.
  • Then, in a stand mixer, at medium speed, cream together the butter with the two types of sugar, for about five minutes. Then add the oil, one egg at a time and finally the vanilla extract.
  • Add the flour mixture alternately with the yogurt in 3 additions each.
  • Remove the bowl from the mixer and add the grated zucchini and then the melted chocolate (check if it has come to room temperature before adding it to the mixture.)
  • Pour the mixture into the cake pan and bake for about 45 minutes. As each oven is different, it is good to do the toothpick / knife test before removing it out of the oven. The difference here with the majority of the cakes is that we do not want to come out clean but with some moist crumb. Let it cool.

For making the ganache

  • Cut chocolate into small pieces while in a small saucepan heat the heavy whipping cream just before boiling point.
  • Remove from heat and then add chocolate. Leave  it as it is for a minute and then with a wooden spoon stir until the chocolate to melt. Add vanilla extract or the rum/liquor.
  • You can spread ganache over the cake but after it has cooled down.

zucchini chocolate cake

zucchini chocolate cake

So for me, this was the surprise of my summer, a super delicious zucchini chocolate cake recipe! I’ll be glad if you try it, you won’t regret it, trust me!

I’ll be very happy if you follow me on Instagram, like my Page on Facebook and following me on Twitter!

Share this:

  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • Facebook

Like this:

Like Loading...

Related

Previous Post: « Ice cream from the past
Next Post: Plum, almond and rum galette »

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. mistimaan

    September 4, 2018 at 7:07 am

    Looks yummy

    Reply
    • Teti

      September 4, 2018 at 7:09 am

      Thank you very much!

      Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Primary Sidebar

Welcome to Teti’s flakes!

For me a good day includes smells from the kitchen and family & friends around the table. Smells will bring up beautiful memories from the past and family & friends will make new stories. This is the meaning of cooking for me, it has a beginning, a middle and an end.
Read More…

MAIN CATEGORIES

  • Cakes
  • Dough
  • Bread
  • Brioche dough
  • Fresh pasta
  • Fish & seafood
  • Ice cream
  • Meat
  • Pantry
  • Pasta & rice
  • Salads
  • Soups
  • Tarts
  • Veggies
  • Vegan

search through the seasons

Recent Posts

  • Savory star bread
  • FILIPPOS’ GREEK CHRISTMAS HONEY COOKIES (MELOMAKARONA)
  • Gingerbread Advent Calendar
  • Crepes pouch with béchamel and mushrooms
  • Clementine Bundt Cake

pick a month

YouTube channel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPyAbeNvn24&t=1s
  • English
  • Ελληνικά

Follow me

  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • YouTube
  • Twitter

Footer

.

cook by ingredient

almonds apple asparagus beans beetroot cabbage cacao carrots chamomile cheese cherries cherry tomatoes chestnut chocolate crayfish easy bake eggs egg whites feta cheese flour green beans honey leek lemons milk minced meat misko mushrooms onions orange pasta pear plums pork potatoes pumpkin quince rice sausage shrimps spinach strawberry veggies yogurt zucchini

WANNA COOK FROM SCRATCH?

MORE

Copyright © 2023 · Teti's flakes

This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Cookie settingsACCEPT
Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Non-necessary
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
SAVE & ACCEPT
 

Loading Comments...
 

    %d bloggers like this: