Courgette Chocolate Cake
"Another favourite of mine from Alison & Simons Holst's "Meals without Meat". A moist delicious take on the traditional chocolate cake."
photo by CoffeeB
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
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12
ingredients
- 125 g butter
- 236.59 ml brown sugar
- 118.29 ml white sugar
- 3 eggs
- 591.47 ml flour
- 4.92 ml vanilla
- 118.29 ml plain yogurt
- 59.14 ml cocoa
- 9.85 ml baking soda
- 4.92 ml cinnamon
- 2.46 ml mixed spice
- 2.46 ml salt
- 350 g courgettes, grated
- 118.29 ml chocolate piece
directions
- Prepare 25cm square cake tin by lining with strips of baking paper.
- Beat the butter and sugars until light and creamy.
- Add the eggs one at a time, with a spoonful of the flour to prevent the mixture curdling.
- Add the vanilla and yoghurt and mix well.
- Sift dry ingredients together. Stir into mixture with the grated courgette.
- Turn into prepared cake tin. Sprinkle surface with chocolate pieces if desired.
- Bake at 170 degrees centigrade for 45 minutes or until the centre feels firm and the skewer comes out clean.
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Reviews
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I thought that I may have trouble getting the peskies (aged 6 and 8) to eat it when they spotted the green flecks of zucchini ( despite the fact that I grated them on my microplane to get them ultra fine!)...but when I owned up to the fact that it was zucchini, they just shrugged and said that they couldn't taste it...phew!<br/>A deliciously moist and tasty cake, and with added veggies I don't feel quite so bad about eating that second slice!!<br/>Made for AUS/NZ RECIPE SWAP#76. -
So after using this recipe literally about twenty times I decided to register for a recipezaar account just so that I can review it... I LOVE THIS RECIPE! It is so moist and flavourful. I'm not really a fan of chocolate cake so I tend to make it without the cocoa, making it a Courgette AND Chocolate cake, and adding a tablespoon of icing sugar to compensate for the loss of 1/4 cup of dry ingredients. It does make it slightly sweeter, but because I like 72% chocolate chopped up in this cake it more than counteracts the icing sugar. I also use 2tsp mixed spice, and 2tsp vanilla because Iove them! And I top with a LOT of cream cheese icing because really, cake is just an excuse to eat icing! -
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A great tasting cake enjoyed by all of us tonight. I also sprinkled the chocolate pieces on top, never had a cake with zucchini in it., what a nice different change. Came out beatuful, and we cooked it for 45 minutes as stated. No adjustments were made here, and I dont see any adjustments for this at all. A definate keeper. Made for Auz/nz swap #30. -
This cake is wonderfully moist and delicious. You won't even need any frosting as I just sprinkled the mini-choco-chips over the top instead of incorporating them into the batter. To help other reviewers who may not know what a courgette is...it's zuchinni. I had to look that up myself and also a few other measurements b/f starting this recipe. (I just noticed I forgot the mixed spice which I"m assuming is the same as allspice.) Depending on the size of your zuchinni I used two medium to get 3/4 lbs which equalled to 350 g's. And, the 125 g. of butter is equal to 1/4 cup. I also subbed sourcream in place of the yogurt. The cinnamon spice in this comes thru nicely too I might add. This makes a really simple chocolate cake to put together and so so moist which I"m sure is due to the zuchinni and sourcream additions. MMMMMmmmmm!~ Made for AU Recipeswap.~
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This cake is wonderfully moist and delicious. You won't even need any frosting as I just sprinkled the mini-choco-chips over the top instead of incorporating them into the batter. To help other reviewers who may not know what a courgette is...it's zuchinni. I had to look that up myself and also a few other measurements b/f starting this recipe. (I just noticed I forgot the mixed spice which I"m assuming is the same as allspice.) Depending on the size of your zuchinni I used two medium to get 3/4 lbs which equalled to 350 g's. And, the 125 g. of butter is equal to 1/4 cup. I also subbed sourcream in place of the yogurt. The cinnamon spice in this comes thru nicely too I might add. This makes a really simple chocolate cake to put together and so so moist which I"m sure is due to the zuchinni and sourcream additions. MMMMMmmmmm!~ Made for AU Recipeswap.~
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Kiwi Kathy
New Zealand
Based in Whangarei NZ. My favourite recipe book is by a two NZers, Alison and Simon Holst Meals without Meat. This book is my all time stand by for healthy inexpensive meals. I wouldn't be without it. I love cooking and look forward to preparing meals each evening.
