Chocolate zucchini cake
Description
Homemade tea-time pastry. Chocolate zucchini loaf turns out moderately moist, tender, and delicious. Moreover, you won’t taste the vegetable itself in the loaf. It is the zucchini that gives this pastry its juiciness. No one will ever guess that there is quite a lot of zucchini in the loaf. Such an interesting baked treat. It can be served with tea or coffee.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the ingredients for making a chocolate zucchini cake.
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Step 2
In a bowl, add the sifted flour, cocoa powder, and baking powder. Mix these ingredients together.
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Step 3
In another bowl, place the softened butter and pour in the refined sunflower oil.
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Step 4
Add sugar and mix well.
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Step 5
Add 2 eggs one at a time.
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Step 6
Beat well after each egg. You will get a fluffy, homogeneous mixture.
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Step 7
Add sour cream and baking soda to it, and stir.
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Step 8
Sift in the flour with cocoa and baking powder.
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Step 9
Mix the dough until smooth. You can beat it with a mixer.
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Step 10
Wash the zucchini, peel it, and grate it on a coarse grater. If it is not very watery, you can skip squeezing out the juice. Mine was dry.
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Step 11
Place the grated zucchini in a bowl with the batter. Add the chocolate, which should be chopped with a knife.
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Step 12
Mix well. The muffin batter is ready. It will be thick.
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Step 13
Place the dough into a greased baking dish.
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Step 14
Bake for 50–55 minutes at 175–180 degrees. Check the cake’s doneness with a dry wooden skewer.
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Step 15
Let the finished cake cool slightly and remove it from the pan. Decorate to taste. I melted chocolate and poured it over the cake.
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Step 16
Chocolate zucchini cake is ready. Slice and serve with tea.