Chocolate Zucchini Snack Cake Recipes

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:

• In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar until crumbly, about 2 minutes. Add eggs; mix well. Beat in the buttermilk, applesauce, chocolate and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda; beat into butter mixture just until moistened. Stir in zucchini., Transfer to a 13x9-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F Grease a 9-inch square metal baking pan and line the bottom with parchment paper; grease the parchment.
• In a large bowl, combine the flour, cocoa, baking powder, espresso powder and salt. Using an electric mixer, beat the sugar, eggs and egg whites at medium-hight speed until pale in color, about 3 minutes; whisk in the olive oil. Stir in the zucchini. Stir in the flour mixture and 1 container of yogurt alternately in 2 batches. Transfer to the prepared pan.
• Bake until springy to the touch and a cake tester comes out with moist crumbs, about 35 minutes; let cool slightly. Serve warm with the remaining yogurt.

Steps:

• Combine first 12 ingredients in a large bowl; stir well.
• Pour batter into a 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan coated with cooking spray.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool completely in pan on a wire rack. Dust with powdered sugar.

Steps:

• Set an oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler. Spread pecans onto a baking sheet. Cut butter into small pieces and scatter on top of pecans.
• Broil in the preheated oven until pecans start to turn golden brown and become fragrant, about 5 minutes, watching carefully to prevent burning. Remove from oven and allow to cool, about 10 minutes. Transfer pecans to a cutting board and smash or crush into small pieces.
• Turn off broiler and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 18 cups of a muffin tin with paper liners. Spray inside of liners with cooking spray.
• Combine zucchini, oil, and eggs in a large mixing bowl.
• Mix flour, sugar, toasted pecans, sugar, cocoa powder, cinnamon, and salt in a bowl. Add zucchini mixture and stir to combine. Fill muffin tin cups 3/4 full with batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes.
• While cupcakes bake, cut softened cream cheese and butter into small pieces and place in a mixing bowl. Add sugar and almond extract. Mix icing using an electric mixer until smooth, about 5 minutes. Store in the refrigerator until use.
• Remove cupcakes from the oven and let cool completely before frosting, about 1 hour.

Steps:

• Sift dry ingredients into bowl.
• Exclude chocolate chips.
• Add wet ingredients into larger bowl.
• Exclude zucchini.
• Add dry ingredients to wet.
• Fold in zucchini and chips.
• Bake at 325 degrees for 45 minutes in a floured and oiled Bundt pan.
• Make Glaze.
• Add all ingredients except soda and vanilla. Bring to a boil in a pan 5 times the size you need. Add soda the mixture will expand and change. Remove from heat add vanilla. Drizzle over warm cake. Put extra glaze in the middle and let absorb into the cake.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°.
• Combine and beat egg whites, applesauce, sugar and vanilla extract.
• Stir in the zucchini.
• Mix all of the dry ingredients and add to wet mixture and mix very well.
• Pour into a sprayed 9 x 13 pan or into 2 sprayed loaf pans.
• Bake 9 x 13 for about 35 minutes in preheated oven until done, or 2 loaves about an hour.
• Sift over powdered sugar, if desired.

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees F.
• Set oven to second-lowest rack.
• Grease an 8 x 8-inch square baking pan.
• In a bowl mix together the first 6 dry ingredients.
• In another bowl whisk the water or milk with oil, egg, vinegar and vanilla; add to the dry ingredients and mix until combined.
• Transfer/spread into prepared baking pan.
• Sprinkle chocolate chips and walnuts over batter, swirl with a knife to mix into batter.
• Bake 30-35 minutes or until cake tests done.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in oil and vanilla. Combine dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition. Stir in zucchini. , Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Sprinkle with chocolate chips. Bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.