A deliciously soft, moist, double chocolate zucchini bread recipe, made from scratch. Ideal for breakfast, brunch or with a cup of tea! Easy to make loaf cake.
I think most people will enjoy a slice of chocolate cake when offered and this double chocolate zucchini bread is a keeper recipe! It's very easy to make and uses basic pantry ingredients and half a zucchini grated in the batter. This is what gives the added moisture.
The texture of this bread is similar to a soft loaf, pound cake, in that the crumb is quite dense and fine.
When baked, you get the characteristic split running down the centre of the loaf, which forms as the cake is rising in the oven. It looks absolutely delicious when baked!
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This bread freezes very well, so if you wanted to make a few batches, or perhaps there's just one or two of you at home, you could slice the loaf in half and freeze half for another day.
This is also a great loaf to make for anyone who doesn't like their vegetables. You can't taste any hint of zucchini so great if you want to disguise some vitamins inside a cake!
Pan size you will need
You will need a loaf tin, 8 inches by 4 inches. The batter may also fit in a 9-inch loaf pan.
Ingredients
2 eggs
1 cup or 200 g Regular sugar
½ cup or 120 ml Vegetable oil
1 cup or half of a whole zucchini / courgette, shredded
1 & ½ oz or 40 g melted chocolate - Dark chocolate is best. I have used milk chocolate bar before & it tasted good!
2 Tablespoons sieved cocoa powder
1 teaspoon Instant coffee dissolved in 1 Tablespoon Hot Water OR 1 Tablespoon Expresso coffee
1 ½ cups or 190 g All Purpose / Plain flour
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp baking powder
Pinch of salt
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Instructions
1. Heat oven to 150C, 300F. Grease and line your baking tin.
2. In a mixer, add eggs, sugar, oil and mix for 5 minutes .
3. In a small bowl, add the chocolate and microwave at 15 second intervals until completely melted. Then add the dissolved coffee and stir well. Then add it to the batter. Add the shredded zucchini and combine.
4. In a separate bowl, mix together SIEVED flour, baking soda, baking powder and cocoa. Then add that slowly to the wet mix and combine well.
5. Pour the batter into the greased or lined bread pan and bake at 300 F / 150 C for 1 hour - 1 hour 15 minutes.
Allow to cool for 5 - 10 minutes in the pan then place on a cooling rack.
Enjoy!
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Double Chocolate Zucchini Bread
Double Chocolate Zucchini Bread.
A deliciously soft, moist, double chocolate zucchini bread recipe, made from scratch. Ideal for breakfast, brunch or with a cup of tea! Easy to make loaf cake
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup or 200 g Regular sugar
- ½ cup or 120 ml Vegetable oil
- 1 cups or half of a whole zucchini / courgette, shredded
- 1.5 oz or 40 g melted chocolate - Dark chocolate is best. I have used milk chocolate bar before & it tasted good!
- 2 Tablespoons sieved cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon Instant coffee dissolved in 1 Tablespoon Hot Water OR 1 Tablespoon Expresso coffee
- 1 ½ cups or 190 g All Purpose / Plain flour
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
- In a mixer, add eggs, sugar, oil and mix for 5 minutes .
- In a small bowl, add the chocolate and microwave at 15 second intervals until completely melted. Then add the dissolved coffee and stir well. Then add it to the batter. Add the shredded zucchini and combine.
- In a separate bowl, mix together SIEVED flour, baking soda, baking powder and cocoa. Then add that slowly to the wet mix and combine well.
- Pour the batter into the greased or lined bread pan and bake at 300 F / 150 C for 1 hour - 1 hour 15 minutes.
- Allow to cool for 5 - 10 minutes in the pan then place on a cooling rack.
- Enjoy!
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 1 Serving Size: 1 LoafAmount Per Serving: Calories: 3279Total Fat: 158gSaturated Fat: 33gTrans Fat: 3gUnsaturated Fat: 114gCholesterol: 394mgSodium: 1239mgCarbohydrates: 429gFiber: 15gSugar: 263gProtein: 46g
Nutrition information isn’t always accurate
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Cheri Wills
says:This recipe never fails! People who say they don’t like zucchini bread devour this & ask for more. It is decadent, rich, chocolaty & moist. The only variances I make are more coffee & I mix semi sweet chocolate chips into the batter. I love it- thank you!
Jo
says:Looks Yummy. Can’t wait for it to cool. Added chopped walnuts, as we are “nutty ” people!