Chocolate Zucchini Bread

This moist treat can be made into a bread loaf or makes an excellent sheet cake. For a first birthday (or any birthday) try cutting the sheet cake in half to layer it with cream cheese icing! Or divide it in 2 separate smaller cake pans.

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Chocolate Zucchini Cake

Yield 9x13 sheet cake or 1 bread loaf

Author Marma Health

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup avocado oil
• 1/2 cup softened butter
• 1.5 cups coconut sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 1/2 cup sour milk (use 1 tsp apple cider vinegar to 1/2 cup milk)
• 2.5 cups flour
• 5 Tbsp cocoa
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp sea salt
• 2 cups grated zucchini
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips
• optional: 1/2 cup chopped nuts

Instructions

1. Beat the softened butter and coconut sugar together until smooth.
2. Add eggs, vanilla and oil.
3. Beat well.
4. Add sour milk and sifted dry ingredients.
5. Mix until smooth.
6. Stir in the grated zucchini.
7. Pour into a greased 9 x 13 baking dish for a cake or into a bread loaf pan.
8. Sprinkle with chopped nuts and chocolate chips.
9. Bake at 350F for 35-40 minutes.
10. Allow to cool completely before removing from the pan.