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Chocolate Zucchini Bread
Recipe video above. Zucchini? What zucchini? All I see is the most decadent, moist chocolate loaf you may ever have in your life!
👥 10 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h 20m⏳ Prep: 15 min🔥 Cook: 1h 5m👤 Nagi📖 recipetineats
🥘 Ingredients
Check off ingredients as you prepare them:
🍳 Cookware
- ●oven
- ●pan
- ●colander
- ●bowl
- ●whisk
- ●wooden spoon
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Preheat oven to 180C/350F (160C fan).
2
Grease and line a large loaf pan (mine is 28 x 15 x 6.5cm / 11 x 6 x 2.5").
3
Grab handfuls of zucchini and squeeze out excess liquid, then place in colander to drain while you prepare the batter. (Note 4)
grated zucchini (2 large or 3 small) (Note 1)3 cups
4
In a large bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt.
baking soda (bi-carbonate) (Note 3)1.5 tsp
5
In a separate bowl, whisk together eggs and sugar. Then add butter and vanilla, and whisk until fully incorporated.
eggs2
6
Pour egg mixture into flour bowl and stir with wooden spoon until flour is just incorporated - batter will be thick!
7
Add zucchini and chocolate and stir to mix through - it will be very thick at first but it will loosen into a thick, spreadable batter (see video).
grated zucchini (2 large or 3 small) (Note 1)3 cups
8
Scrape into loaf pan, bake ⏱️ 45 minutes. Cover with foil and bake a further ⏱️ 20 minutes or until skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean (except for melted chocolate streaks!)
9
Stand in loaf pan for ⏱️ 15 minutes before removing. Cool on rack for a further ⏱️ 10 minutes before slicing.
10
Extra amazing served warm - you get melty chocolate bits and it's extra fudgy in the middle!
Nutrition Facts
calories
437 kcal
fat Content
19 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
3 g
sugar Content
36 g
sodium Content
425 mg
protein Content
6 g
cholesterol Content
54 mg
carbohydrate Content
61 g
saturated Fat Content
14 g
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