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Chocolate Avocado Zucchini Cake

August 28, 2015 by Great Grub, Delicious Treats

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Chocolate Avocado Zucchini Cake Recipe

Yep, you read this right! Avocado and Zucchini in a chocolate cake? Before you click off this recipe, trust me, this chocolate avocado zucchini cake is SO DELICIOUS. I’ve made a chocolate cake with zucchini before and it is AMAZINGLY delicious too. Now that we are eating healthier, I try to make all my recipes as healthy as I can, also dairy free, and organic if possible. This cake is one of the most moist cakes I have EVER ate!

Chocolate Avocado Zucchini Cake

Healthy Chocolate Cake using Avocados and Zucchini

I had a lot of avocados and zucchini that needed to used up so what better way than to use them in a cake? And with my other chocolate lover’s zucchini cake being such a hit (before going vegan), I decided I would use avocado in place of dairy, and I might as well throw in some zucchini too. What a winning combination. You cannot even taste the avocado in this cake. This chocolate avocado zucchini cake is so yummy. You can even enjoy this without frosting, it’s that good! So moist and flavorful. I also made some chocolate avocado zucchini cupcakes with this same recipe, and guess what? I made an avocado frosting for those. Yep, avocado frosting! I’ll be posting those soon.

Chocolate Avocado Zucchini Cake

Delicious Chocolate Cake Recipe

This chocolate avocado zucchini cake is the most moist cake I have made and is absolutely delicious! Now, for the frosting, that’s another story! Don’t even ask. Anyway, if you are not vegan, this cake would be great with a cream cheese frosting or a delicious buttercream frosting. For Vegans, I used earth balance butter, and unsweetened almond milk in my frosting. I NEED to perfect a great vegan buttercream frosting… SOON.

Chocolate Avocado Cake

I brought this cake to work, two nights in a row, and my co-workers LOVED it.! I even got an order to make this cake for my supervisor, Michelle, for an upcoming birthday. Woo hoo! So trust me on this one, this cake is ABSOLUTELY SCRUMPTIOUS. This is definitely going to be my “go to” cake recipe when I am craving something chocolate, that’s for sure.

 

Chocolate Avocado Zucchini Cake

Terri
5 from 1 vote
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Course Cake, Dessert
Cuisine Dairy-Free, Plant Based, Vegan, Whole Foods
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Ingredients
  

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 6 Tbs unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 1/2 cup avocado, peeled, pitted and mashed well (1 medium size)
  • 1 1/2 cups water
  • 2 Tbs white vinegar
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 cups organic sugar
  • 1/2 cup zucchini, grated

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350°
  • Grease and flour two 9" round cake pans. Set aside.
  • In a large mixing bowl, whisk flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking powder, and baking soda together. Set aside (sugar will be added to wet ingredients).
  • In a medium mixing bowl, whisk vegetable oil, water, avocado, white vinegar and vanilla until combined.
  • Add sugar to wet ingredients and mix well, by hand with whisk.
  • Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and mix well with a spoon or a whisk until combined.
  • Stir in zucchini.
  • Pour into prepared cake tins and bake for approximately 30-35 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
  • Remove from oven and place on a cooling rake. Remove from pans after 15 minutes and let cake cool completely before frosting.

Notes

Recipe adapted from Joy The Baker

Nutrition

Serving: 0gCarbohydrates: 0gProtein: 0gFat: 0gSaturated Fat: 0gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0gMonounsaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 0mgPotassium: 0mgFiber: 0gSugar: 0gVitamin A: 0IUVitamin C: 0mgCalcium: 0mgIron: 0mg
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Enjoy, Terri

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Cake, Comfort Foods, Dairy Free, Desserts, Healthy Choices, Holiday Recipes, Plant-Based, Vegan, Vegetarian, Whole Foods Tagged With: Avocado, Chocolate Avocado Zucchini Cake, Chocolate Cake, Delicious Cake, Healthy Cake, Healthy Chocolate Cake, Zucchini

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  1. Linda @ Veganosity

    August 29, 2015 at 9:18 am

    This looks fantastic, Terri. I love chocolate avocado frosting. I made my vegan coconut chocolate cupcakes with avocado frosting for a neighborhood party and they were the first dessert with an empty platter. :)

    • Great Grub, Delicious Treats

      August 29, 2015 at 10:03 am

      Thank you so much Linda! That’s awesome, I’ll have to check out your chocolate avocado frosting recipe! That sounds delicious!!! I’m so excited about this cake! It’s just the most moist cake ever!! :)

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