Saturday, August 7, 2010

Chocolate Zucchini Cake


It's that time of the year again, when people start giving you lots of zucchini. When that happens, I start making cake with it because I can't say that I love the stuff. It's okay grilled or roasted, but there's really not that much flavour, which is why it's good in cake. Oh, and it was a great excuse to use my new cake plate, which I got in an antique (junk) shop. It's pale pink with lilacs, though you can't see them here. This cake, from Chocolate & Zucchini (of course), is very moist, rich and chocolaty. It's got lots of cocoa, coffee and dark chocolate chips. Even my brother commented on the chocolatiness and it was all I could do not to tell him about the zucchini, because he does not eat vegetables and wouldn't be amused. First I put carrots in ice cream, and now zucchini in my cake. What's next? I have no idea! You'll just have to tune in next time.

11 comments:

Katrina said...

Yum! I made this last year, except I drowned it in chocolate ganache.
So fun to hide veggies and fool those who would otherwise be missing out!

Baking Addict said...

This looks really delicious. Perfect for a chocaholic like me :) I just made a plain courgette/zucchini cake and it was delicious!

judy said...

That looks awfully good too! Nice background there.
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Laurie {Simply Scratch} said...

you had me at zucchini! Looks great Mary!!

Unknown said...

Great idea!We are swamped with zucchinis as well because in the tropics we grow these vegies in winter. My choc-loving, vegie-hating son will love it!

Cynthia Fox-Giddens said...

You did good on this zucchini cake. It has lots of my favorites ->coffee and dark chocolate. Yummy!

Valérie said...

Does that ever look good! I remember being so skeptical when chocolate and zucchini were being hailed as the New Greatest Thing in baking several years ago. But when I finally tried it, I was wowed. And I love your cake's dark, rich colour!

Lot-O-Choc said...

ooh wow yum this looks and sounds so tasty!

Weight Loss Goals said...

I never tell the kids there is zucchini until they are picking up the crumbs.

Poires au Chocolat said...

Yum! I so enjoyed the chocolate and courgette cake I made - I bet this was delicious.

sensiblecooking said...

I never even thought of making zucchini and chocolate cake. But it looks darn good. I can make full yummy use of my zucchinis.