Chocolate Zucchini Cake

This zucchini chocolate cake is super moist, fudgy, and has a tender crumb. Packed with rich chocolate flavor, it uses wholesome and simple ingredients. Watch the video below to see how I make it in my kitchen!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 35

Total Time 40

Servings servings

Calories 169kcal

Author Arman Liew

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups milk any milk works
1 teaspoon vinegar
3 cups oat flour
2/3 cup cocoa powder
2 tablespoons arrowroot powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/4 cups brown sugar
1 1/2 cups unsweetened applesauce
1/2 cup zucchini shredded
1 cup chocolate frosting

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 180C/350F. Grease two 8-inch cake pans and set aside.
Add the milk and vinegar in a bowl and whisk together. Let it sit to curdle.
In a large mixing bowl, add the oat flour, cocoa powder, arrowroot powder, baking powder, and baking soda and mix well. In a separate bowl, whisk the milk mix, brown sugar, and applesauce. Combine the wet and dry ingredients until combined. Fold through the zucchini.
Distribute the batter amongst the two cake pans. Bake for 35-40 minutes, or until a skewer come out clean.
Remove the cakes from the oven and let them cool completely. Once cool, frost them, layer them then slice and serve.

Video

Notes

TO STORE: Store at room temperature, covered, for up to three days. To keep it longer, refrigerate it.

TO FREEZE: Place the baked, cooled, and frosted cake in an airtight container and store it in the freezer.

Recipe variations

For a richer cake, swap out half the applesauce with olive oil, butter, or vegetable oil.
Swap out the oat flour for either all-purpose flour or whole wheat flour.
For a low carb cake, replace the oat flour with blanched almond flour, use allulose as the sweetener, and swap out the applesauce for full-fat yogurt.
Swap out the applesauce for either plain yogurt or sour cream.
Gluten Free- Use gluten-free oat flour.
Make a bundt cake by baking the batter in a bundt pan.

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