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DefyGravity

Wed, Jul 09 2008, 2:03 pm

From RecipeZaar.com

Chocolate Zucchini Bread
Recipe #220 | 1½ hours | 25 min prep .
SERVES 10 , 2 loaves (change servings and units)

Ingredients
3 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
2 cups sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 cups zucchini, peeled, shredded (about 1 medium)
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup baking cocoa
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon, ground
1/4 teaspoon baking powder

Directions
1 In a mixing bowl, beat eggs, oil, sugar and vanilla.
2 Stir in zucchini.
3 Combine dry ingredients; add to zucchini mixture and mix well.
4 Pour into two greased 8x4x3-inch loaf pans.
5 Bake at 350°F for 1 hour or until bread tests done. Makes 2 loaves.

I used a cup of applesauce instead of oil, white whole wheat flour instead of regular flour, and half splenda.

ChossidMom

Wed, Jul 09 2008, 2:23 pm

Thanks Defy. Did you make this? Is it more of a cake or a bread?

DefyGravity

Wed, Jul 09 2008, 2:30 pm

I just made it, definitely more of a cake. I also think that it would probably taste fine with more zucchini than the recipe called for.

I used one med-large zucchini and next time will try with two.

Last edited by DefyGravity on Wed, Jul 09 2008, 5:08 pm; edited 1 time in total

BeershevaBubby

Wed, Jul 09 2008, 2:38 pm

I think I'm going to make this for Shabbat.

DefyGravity

Wed, Jul 09 2008, 2:42 pm

It basically tastes like chocolate cake - which is fine with me! I needed to get rid of excess zucchinis and DH hates them, so I need to hide them in things.

ChossidMom

Wed, Jul 09 2008, 2:48 pm

Yeah, it looks like one way to sneak some vegetables into the kids.

Can you see any "pieces" of zucchini in the cake? (I can hear it now - "eeeeewwwww, pieces").

DefyGravity

Wed, Jul 09 2008, 2:52 pm

You can see some white shreds - I'd say it's apple shreds Smile

ChossidMom

Wed, Jul 09 2008, 3:02 pm

Apple shreds - eeeeewwwwwwww. I guess you don't have slightly bigger children.
In any event, it's certainly worth a try!

DefyGravity

Wed, Jul 09 2008, 3:07 pm

No, I just have DH. I wonder if he'll be fooled. I need to take out the trash so he doesn't see all the zucchini peels!!!!

MiracleMama

Wed, Jul 09 2008, 5:00 pm

Chocolate and zucchini sounds like a very odd combination - but I do like both very much so I might just have to give it a try. Thank you for posting this. Smile

DefyGravity

Wed, Jul 09 2008, 5:06 pm

I enjoyed it, and it got great ratings on the site (which is why I chose it).

B'tzimtzim

Wed, Jul 09 2008, 5:07 pm

Zucchini makes the cake very moist. It does not give it a zucchini flavor. I make a similar recipe quite often.

DefyGravity

Wed, Jul 09 2008, 5:09 pm

Exactly, that's why I've been sneaking it into whatever I can Smile

Chocoholic

Wed, Jul 09 2008, 6:35 pm

Looks like a nice snack for Shabat.

cookielady

Wed, Jul 09 2008, 7:39 pm

I froze some shredded zucchini I had left from last time I baked, anyone know if you can use that and have success when baking a zucchini cake?

MiracleMama

Wed, Jul 09 2008, 7:48 pm

DefyGravity wrote:

Exactly, that's why I've been sneaking it into whatever I can Smile

Like what else for example?

yo'ma

Sun, Oct 12 2008, 3:25 pm

Just made this for y"t and it came out good, just not sweet at all. Maybe because I put in a little less sugar Rolling Eyes

DefyGravity

Mon, Oct 13 2008, 10:33 am

MiracleMama wrote:

DefyGravity wrote:

Exactly, that's why I've been sneaking it into whatever I can Smile

Like what else for example?

Sweet potato soup
kishka
meatloaf (mixed shredded zuke into the meatloaf and also added bread so it wouldn't be watery)
tomato sauce

Lots of other random things

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