Chocolate Zucchini Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
CHOCOLATE ZUCCHINI CAKE with CREAM CHEESE FROSTING is how I sneak zucchini into my kids!!! They have no idea and it tastes out of this world good!!!!
Servings 9 -12
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour plus 1 tbsp for coating the chocolate chips
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp allspice
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 ¼ cups granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1 medium zucchini grated and then squeezed dry (if hiding from kids you may want to chop the zucchini even smaller)
- ½ cup semisweet chocolate chips
- ½ recipe for Best Cream Cheese Frosting
Instructions
- preheat the oven to 350 degrees F
- grease a 9x9 inch square baking pan then coat with flour, shaking out the extra flour
- in a medium mixing bowl whisk together flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking soda, allspice and cinnamon
- in a large bowl beat together olive oil, sugar, eggs and vanilla until light and fluffy, about 4 to 5 minutes
- add in the flour mixture and mix on low until just combined
- pour in the zucchini pieces and stir until evenly mixed through
- in a small bowl toss the chocolate chips with 1 tbsp of flour until coated
- add the chocolate chips into the cake batter and fold in with a spoon
- pour batter into the baking pan
- bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean
- allow to cool to the touch before topping with cream cheese frosting
