Chocolate Zucchini Cake

Health score
3%
Chocolate Zucchini Cake
45 min.
16
299kcal

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Ingredients

  • teaspoons double-acting baking powder 
  • 0.5 teaspoon baking soda 
  • 0.5 cup brown sugar packed
  • ounces cream cheese fat-free block-style softened
  • large egg whites 
  • large eggs 
  • 0.8 cup buttermilk fat-free
  • teaspoons milk fat-free
  • tablespoon flour all-purpose
  • 2.5 cups flour all-purpose
  • 0.8 cup granulated sugar 
  • 0.5 teaspoon ground cinnamon 
  • teaspoon coffee granules instant
  • 0.8 cup powdered sugar 
  • 0.5 teaspoon salt 
  • 0.7 cup semi chocolate chips 
  • tablespoons semi chocolate chips 
  • 0.5 cup cocoa unsweetened
  • tablespoons cocoa unsweetened
  • 0.5 teaspoon vanilla extract 
  • teaspoon vanilla extract 
  • 0.3 cup vegetable oil 
  • 0.3 cup walnuts chopped
  • cups zucchini shredded

Equipment

  • bowl
  • frying pan
  • oven
  • knife
  • whisk
  • wire rack
  • blender
  • microwave
  • measuring cup
  • kugelhopf pan

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 35
  2. To prepare cake, coat a 12-cup Bundt pan with cooking spray; dust pan with 1 tablespoon flour.
  3. Place sugars, cream cheese, and vegetable oil in a large bowl, and beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended (about 5 minutes).
  4. Add eggs and egg whites, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.
  5. Lightly spoon 2 1/2 cups flour into dry measuring cups, and level with a knife.
  6. Combine 2 1/2 cups flour and next 5 ingredients (2 1/2 cups flour through cinnamon) in a medium bowl, stirring well with a whisk.
  7. Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately to sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Stir in zucchini, 2/3 cup chocolate chips, and nuts.
  8. Pour batter into prepared pan.
  9. Bake at 350 for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in cake comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.
  10. To prepare glaze, combine 3/4 cup powdered sugar and 3 tablespoons cocoa in a small bowl; stir with a whisk.
  11. Combine milk, 2 tablespoons chocolate chips, coffee, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract in a 1-cup glass measure. Microwave at medium 45 seconds or until chocolate melts, stirring after 20 seconds.
  12. Combine powdered sugar mixture with chocolate mixture, stirring with a whisk.
  13. Drizzle glaze over cake.

Nutrition Facts

Calories299kcal
Protein8.65%
Fat31.38%
Carbs59.97%

Properties

Glycemic Index
24.08
Glycemic Load
17.83
Inflammation Score
-4
Nutrition Score
8.9126086494197%

Flavonoids

Cyanidin
0.05mg
Catechin
2.35mg
Epicatechin
7.12mg
Quercetin
0.46mg

Nutrients percent of daily need

Calories:299.49kcal
14.97%
Fat:10.77g
16.57%
Saturated Fat:3.45g
21.56%
Carbohydrates:46.33g
15.44%
Net Carbohydrates:43.39g
15.78%
Sugar:26.69g
29.66%
Cholesterol:24.96mg
8.32%
Sodium:242.14mg
10.53%
Alcohol:0.13g
100%
Alcohol %:0.15%
100%
Caffeine:18.36mg
6.12%
Protein:6.69g
13.37%
Manganese:0.51mg
25.56%
Copper:0.33mg
16.67%
Selenium:11.53µg
16.47%
Phosphorus:149.02mg
14.9%
Iron:2.38mg
13.24%
Folate:48.98µg
12.24%
Vitamin B1:0.18mg
12.2%
Magnesium:48.77mg
12.19%
Vitamin B2:0.2mg
11.85%
Fiber:2.94g
11.77%
Vitamin K:9.95µg
9.47%
Calcium:87.17mg
8.72%
Vitamin B3:1.48mg
7.42%
Potassium:230mg
6.57%
Zinc:0.95mg
6.31%
Vitamin E:0.54mg
3.62%
Vitamin C:2.93mg
3.56%
Vitamin B6:0.07mg
3.51%
Vitamin B5:0.35mg
3.49%
Vitamin B12:0.16µg
2.63%
Vitamin A:78.84IU
1.58%
Vitamin D:0.15µg
1.02%
Source:My Recipes