Yummy healthy chocolate cake the whole family will love! Full of fibre and nutrient rich zucchini.
Courtney has sent us this fabulous recipe, thanks Courtney it looks delish!
Ingredients:
- 75 gm butter
- 120 gm coconut sugar
- 3 eggs
- 50 gm honey
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 100 gm Greek & honey yoghurt
- 200 gm wholemeal flour
- 35 gm cocoa
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 40 gm dark chocolate chips
- 350 gm grated zucchini (approximately 3 cups)
Icing (Optional)
- 100 gm dark chocolate chips
- 35 gm coconut oil
- 1 tbs vanilla extract
Method:
- Preheat oven to 170◦C
- Cream butter and coconut sugar. Mix in eggs one at a time. Add honey, vanilla extract and yoghurt and mix well.
- Sift dry ingredients into separate bowl. Add husks from sieve and chocolate chips to dry ingredients.
- Mix dry ingredients alternatively with courgettes into cake mixture.
- Spoon mixture into greased and lined 20 x 30 sponge roll tin.
- Bake 170◦C for 45 minutes or until skewer comes out clean.
Icing
- Melt chocolate chips and coconut oil over low heat. Add vanilla extract.
- Leave to cool slightly then whisk lightly and spread over cake.
When cool cut into 24 pieces. Run knife under hot water before cutting to prevent icing cracking.
103 calories per piece un-iced
137 calories per piece iced
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