Chocolate - zucchini cake 

This is for the dark chocolate lovers.

Ingredients

• 1 medium zucchini (~ 350 g), grated

• 2 large eggs

• 200 g wheat flour 

• 45 -50 g of cocoa powder 

• 1 tsp baking soda 

• 50 g regular sugar 

• 60 g brown sugar

• 2 tbsp butter, melted

• 2 tbsp coffee

• +/- 1 tsp vanilla extract  

• +/- 1 pinch of salt 

• 50 g dark chocolate nibs or pieces, chopped

Method

1. Beat the eggs with sugar and vanilla extract, then add melted butter and mix well. 

2. After grating the zucchini, squeeze out the liquid thoroughly with your hands (about 250 g of zucchini should remain after).

3. Add the grated zucchini to the eggs and mix it in.  

4. Combine flour with cocoa, baking soda and a pinch of salt and add to the liquid ingredients, mix well. 

5. Add in the chocolate nibs, integrate well and let it rest for 5 minutes.

6. Then tranfer the dough to a loaf shaped baking mould lined with baking paper.  Add some chocolate nibs on top. 

7. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 50 minutes - 1 hour.