Description
A healthier way to indulge in dessert.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 zucchinis (you need 2 cups of grated zucchini)
- 1/3 cup butter
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup dutch process cocoa
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 3/4 tsp kosher salt
- 2/3 cup dark brown sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup buttermilk (whole milk can also work)
- 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and grease and line your loaf pan with parchment paper.
- In a medium-sized bowl, grate zucchini until you have 2 packed cups worth. Transfer the zucchini to a cheesecloth and squeeze the moisture out of it until almost no juice comes out when you squeeze. Set the squeezed and de-juiced zucchini aside.
- In a saucepan or in the microwave, melt your butter. Set aside to cool.
- In a large bowl add your flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Whisk to combine.
- In a clean medium-sized bowl, add the sugars and the melted butter, and whisk to combine completely.
- Add the eggs, vanilla, and buttermilk and whisk together until you have a homogeneous liquid mass.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and whisk until everything is just combined and there are only a couple of streaks of flour left.
- Add your zucchini and fold it into the batter using the rubber spatula. Make sure it gets evenly distributed.
- Pour your batter into your prepared loaf pan and top with chocolate chips if desired.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 40-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Allow to cool before cutting and enjoy!