Chocolate Zucchini Bread

Recipe Rating:	2 Ratings5
Categories:	Cakes, Chocolate, Sweet Breads, For Kids
Serves:	10
Prep Time:	20 Min
Cook Time:	1 Hr 15 Min

Ingredients

2 1/2 c	all purpose flour
2 1/2 tsp	baking powder
1 1/2 tsp	baking soda
1 tsp	cinnamon
1/4 c	cocoa powder
1/4 c	dark chocolate cocoa powder
2 c	sugar
3	eggs
1/2 c	milk
1/3 c	vegetable or canola oil
1 tsp	vanilla
2 c	grated zucchini skin on

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Beth Streeter

Well Seasoned

Easton, PA (pop. 26,800)

bakeratheart

Member Since Jul 2010

Beth's Notes:

Freezes fantastically!! Tastes just like chocolate cup cakes! Kids love it!

Directions

Mix all dry ingredients together.

Mix all wet ingredients including zucchini

Mix wet into dry. You will either need a stand mixer or you can mix it by hand. The batter is too thick to use a hand mixer.

Pour into a greased and floured loaf pan.

Bake at 350 degrees for 65 to 75 minutes.

Just a note. You can make muffins out of this batter just reduce your temperature by 25 degrees and keep an eye on them. Insert a tooth pick to check to see if they are done.

This bread and muffins freeze extremely well. Just wrap the bread in foil or put muffins in a zip top bag.

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Terri Brown TerriBrown

Aug 16, 2010

Beth, I just baked these chocolate zucchini muffins and they are really good. I thought I would let you know my changes though...you only called for 2 dashes of sugar and I added probably half a cup. Does your baking cocoa have sugar or did you use real cocoa as in hot chocolate? I also added about a 3 tablespoons of instant coffee since I want to be able to have these for breakfast with a little cream cheese. Anyway, they are delicious and I can't wait to have them for breakfast!!

Beth Streeter bakeratheart

Aug 20, 2010

Terri,... thank you for saying something. It was supposed to be 2 CUPS of sugar ... it was a typo I missed. I am so glad you enjoyed them anyway. and next time I make the I am going to add some instant coffee or espresso powder. That sounds really good!

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Lori Perez loriperez

Jun 16, 2011

Hi Beth! I couldn't wait to try this bread with the cocoa powder. I did get a bit creative and made some changes (I always do - they call me the cook that has to "doctor everything up" - I always love to experiment. Anyway, I made it today. It seemed like the batter was very thick (I did not shift my flour prior to measuring as it was not noted to do so), so I added about 1/4 more cup of milk. I also used 1 cup of white sugar/1 cup of brown sugar. (I had some I needed to use up). I also added some walnuts. I used 3/4 cup of unsweet toll house cocoa powder and also added 1 teaspoon of real lemon extract. Wow is this great!!! I had some left over chocolate cream cheese frosting and am going to frost one of the breads with it. I used two 8x8 pans as I did not have a loaf pan. I cut the baking time to 40 minutes...It was a tiny bit dry. Not sure why as I did not over cook..?? If I had only used 1/2 cup milk it would have really been too dry. Any suggestions for next time???

Lori Perez loriperez

Jun 16, 2011

BTW thank you and I will try to post some photoss

Beth Streeter bakeratheart

Jun 16, 2011

Oh Lori... I have done it with the cream cheese frosting and they are WONDERFUL.... I know about doctoring up I have done it all my LIFE!!! Glad you like it!