At work, I along with 3 other ladies in our team would take turn to cook lunch for each other on Tuesday. It was my turn again, and this time, I chose to bake Chocolate Zucchini Bread for dessert as zucchini is aplenty in the vegetable shop.
I googled and chose the recipe from
www.simplyrecipes.com I have used its banana bread recipe and her recipe are very easy to follow and the more important part is they tastes delicious too.
Ingredients:
4 cups grated zucchini (that's a lot,)
2 and 1/2 cups plain flour
1/2 cocoa powder (The recipe calls for unsweetened cocoa, not dutch processed)
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1 and 1/2 cups granulated white sugar
2 eggs
3/4 cup butter, melted which I replaced with 3/4 cup canola oil
1/2 tsp instant coffee granules
1/2 tsp almond extract (which I replaced with 3 tsp of vanilla essence)
1. Place freshly grated zucchini in a sieve over a bowl to catch any excess moisture as it drains, while working on prepping the other ingredients.
2. Preheat oven to 160c with rack in the middle. Grease two 9x5 inch loaf pans with baking spray or butter. (I just lined mine with baking paper)
3. Vigorously whisk together the flour, unsweetened cocoa, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in a large bowl. Whisk until they are no more clumps and the ingredients are well combined.
4 In a separate large bowl, beat together the sugar and eggs until smooth, about a minute. You can do this with electric mixer on medium speed or by hand on wooden spoon. Add thte melted butter, instant coffee granules and extract and beat until smooth.
5. Mix the shredded zucchini into the sugar egg mixture. Add the flour to the z ucchini mixture in 3 additions, stirring to combine after each addition.
6. Work quickly and divide the batter between the two prepared loaf pans. (Work quickly because once the dry ingredients have mixed with the wet ingredients, the leavening has begun.)
Place into the oven. I baked mine for 1 hours 10 minutes or until skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean and easily. Remove to a rack. Let cool in the pan for 5 minutes and slice.