Chocolate Zucchini Loaf Cake Recipes

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa, salt, baking soda and cinnamon; gradually add to creamed mixture just until moistened. Fold in zucchini and chocolate chips., Spoon into a greased 8x4-in. loaf pan. Bake at 350° for 60-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter the bottom and sides of a 9-inch-square cake pan. Dust the pan with flour, tapping out the excess.
• Toss 1/2 cup chocolate chips with 1 tablespoon flour in a small bowl. Whisk the remaining flour, the cocoa powder, salt, baking soda and nutmeg in a medium bowl; set aside.
• Beat the sugar, 1/2 cup olive oil, the eggs and vanilla in a large bowl with a mixer on medium speed until smooth and pale, about 3 minutes. Add the flour-cocoa mixture; beat on low speed until combined, about 2 minutes (the batter will be thick). Add the zucchini and beat until combined, about 2 more minutes. Fold in the flour-coated chocolate chips with a wooden spoon.
• Transfer the batter to the prepared pan and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Transfer to a rack and let cool completely.
• Make the glaze: Combine the remaining 1/3 cup chocolate chips, 1 teaspoon olive oil and the honey in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on medium-high power in 30-second intervals, stirring, until the chocolate is melted. Spread over the cake, then cut into pieces.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Lightly grease 2 9X5 loaf pans.
• In a bowl combine eggs sugar, oil, zucchini, vanilla, and chocolate; beat well.
• Sift together flour, baking soda, salt cinnamon and nutmeg; stir into liquid mixture to combine.
• Blend in chips, raisins, nut and or coconut.
• Pour into pans.
• Bake for 50-60 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325*.
• In a large bowl mix together eggs, both sugars, oil and both extracts.
• Stir in grated zucchini. Set aside.
• In another bowl mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cocoa powder.
• Add to the zucchini mixture, mixing well.
• Fold in nuts and raisins.
• Pour into greased loaf pans.
• Bake for approximately 75 minutes or until tested done with a toothpick.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat eggs until fluffy.
• Add sugar gradually, beating until mixture is thick and lemon-colored.
• Beat in vanilla and butter.
• Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, soda and salt; add alternately with buttermilk.
• Beat until smooth.
• Fold in zucchini and walnuts.
• Divide batter into four greased and floured 8 or 9-in. round pans.
• Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 25 to 30 minutes or until top springs back when gently pressed.
• Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove to wire wracks and cool completely.
• For frosting, beat all ingredients in a large bowl until creamy.
• Frost between layers and on sides and top of cake.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F, spray 2 8x4 loaf pans with non-stick spray.
• In a large bowl, combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together sugar, egg substitute, applesauce, vegetable oil and vanilla.
• Stir in zucchini.
• Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients.
• Stir just until dry ingredients are moistened.
• DO NOT OVERMIX.
• Fold in chocolate chips.
• Spread batter evenly in prepared pans.
• Bake for 50 minutes, or until toothpick test done.
• Cool for 5 minutes in pans.
• Remove from pans, let cool before serving.

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees (second lowest rack).
• Grease two 9 x 5-inch loaf pans, or mini loaf pans.
• In a large bowl, beat eggs, oil, sugar and vanilla, continue beating until thick and foamy with a spoon, then stir in shredded zucchini and pineapple.
• Combine remaining dry ingredients together, then gently stir into zucchini/pineapple mixture just until blended.
• Add the chopped nut and raisins; stir to combine.
• Divide the batter evenly between two greased and floured 9x5 loaf pans.
• Bake for 1 hour or until cake tests done.
• Cool in pans for 10 minutes before removing.
• Muffin Variation: follow above recipe except nearly fill paper-lined muffin cups.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 24-30 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F. Butter and flour 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan. Sift flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt into medium bowl. Beat sugar, butter and oil in large bowl until well blended. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla extract. Mix in dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk in 3 additions each. Mix in grated zucchini. Pour batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle chocolate chips and nuts over.
• Bake cake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 50 minutes. Cool cake completely in pan.