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Chocolate Lover’s Zucchini Cake

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Hey all you chocolate lovers and chocoholics, this chocolate lover’s zucchini cake is definitely for you, and truly a chocolate lover’s dream!

This chocolate zucchini cake recipe is loaded with chocolaty yumminess. From the delicious moist chocolate cake, to the creamy chocolate frosting, this is one that will have you coming back for more. Even better, it has veggies. What’s better than that? Simple, delicious and healthy. Well, I consider it somewhat healthy, wink, wink.

Chocolate Lover's Zucchini Cake

Moist Chocolate Cake

There is so much chocolate to satisfy those cravings that seem to just creep up at the strangest times. I seriously want chocolate quite often, and this is definitely a yummy chocolate cake recipe that is easy to make, and one that will satisfy, whatever time of the day. So moist, so chocolaty, so delicious! Definitely a family favorite chocolate cake recipe the whole family will love and enjoy.

Chocolate Lover's Zucchini Cake

Delicious Chocolate Cake

Just look at all this chocolate goodness. This is a super moist cake and the zucchini adds more moisture making this one incredible chocolate cake recipe. Talk about heaven. This is so good and such a delicious chocolate cake the whole family will love. I could eat the whole cake. Well I say that, but it really is that good. I really wouldn’t eat the whole thing but….

Chocolate Lover's Zucchini Cake

I hope you enjoy this chocolate zucchini cake recipe as much as we do. Chocolate chips could also be added to make this decadent chocolate cake even that much more chocolaty. Yum!

Chocolate Lover's Zucchini Cake

Try this delicious chocolate lover’s zucchini cake today

Chocolate Lover's Zucchini Cake

Here are some other delicious chocolate recipes that can be found on the blog: Chocolate Cashew Brittle, Chocolate Avocado Zucchini Cake, Chocolate Zucchini Snack Cake, and a perfect fudge recipe, Chocolate Walnut Fudge.


Chocolate Lover's Zucchini Cake

Terri
4.49 from 249 votes
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Prep Time 45 mins
Cook Time 1 hr
Total Time 1 hr 45 mins
Course Bundt Cake, Cake, Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 8
Calories

Ingredients
  

For the Cake

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 3/4 cup oil
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 cup cocoa
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 2 1/4 cups grated zucchini

For Chocolate Frosting

  • 1 stick butter melted
  • 2/3 Cup Cocoa
  • 3 Cups Powder sugar
  • 1/3 cup milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions
 

Chocolate Lover’s Zucchini Cake

  • Preheat oven to 325°.
  • Grease and flour a Bundt pan.
  • In a large mixing bowl, mix sugar, oil, and eggs together until creamy.
  • Add in vanilla, and mix until well combined.
  • In a smaller bowl, stir flour, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa, cinnamon, and salt together with a small whisk just to blend everything together.
  • Add flour mixture in with the sugar, eggs, oil and vanilla. Mix well.
  • Slowly mix in the milk.
  • After everything is well combined, stir in the zucchini.
  • Pour into bundt pan and bake for approximately 60 minutes.
  • Cake will be done when tooth pick inserted comes out clean.
  • *Check cake at 50-55 minutes

Chocolate Frosting

  • In a medium size mixing bowl, add melted butter. Mix in cocoa.
  • Next add in some powder sugar and then milk, then some powder sugar then milk. Repeat until all is well mixed. Mix on low speed.
  • After frosting is well blended, add in vanilla.
  • Makes about 2 cups of frosting.
  • Frost cake once cake has cooled.

Notes

Cake recipe mostly adapted from A Dash of Sanity
Frosting from Hershey’s Cocoa.

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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Reader Interactions

Comments

  2. Jen

    This looks wonderful!! Do you think the texture of this cake would be sturdy enough to use as part of a checkerboard cake? I can’t tell if it would fall apart trying to cut it and reassemble in the layers!

  4. Taylor

    Does this cake need to me refrigerated? And does it keep pretty well for a few days without cutting into it? Thanks!!

    • Great Grub, Delicious Treats

      Hi Taylor, If you aren’t going to cut it right away, I’d keep it in the fridge until you are ready to eat it. It does keep well. It never lasts long enough in our house but I do put cakes in the fridge for freshness. :)

  5. jeannine

    This cake is so moist, best cake yet. I added sour cream instead of milk. It was instant gone. Made a second and same results, gone

  7. Melody

    This cake is FANTABULOUS!! My husband said – finally a really moist cake. I added extra cinnamon to the cake recipe and I think the next time I will change the frosting a bit. It is a little hard to frost a Bundt cake so I think I will half the recipe adding more milk to make it thinner to drizzle down the sides of the cake. Since we really like the cinnamon with the chocolate I will add cinnamon to the frosting as well.

  9. Christy Lampa

    I made this cake today for a family reunion, it was a huge hit! I did substitute the oil for real butter, it was very moist and everyone wanted the recipe.

  11. Erika N

    I was looking up recipes to use some extra grated zucchini I had. I made 3 loaves of bread and didn’t really want any more. I saw cake and thought I LOVE cake!!! And let me tell you, I LOVE THIS CAKE! It ranks among the best chocolate cakes I’ve ever had!!!! Swear, your will love this cake! I usually don’t leave comments, but this cake was so fantastic. The only thing I changed was I baked it in a 13×9 cake pan for 40 minutes. It was perfect, thanks so much for the recipe!

  12. Dom

    Loved this cake. My co worker brought summer squash from his garden to give away at work and I used it to make this deliciousness! It was awesome! Thanks for sharing.

  13. Ye Ting

    Hi, I just made this cake. Can you tell me what texture will be inside the cake? soft, moist or hard? After I done baking, I kind of leave the cake in room temperature over night, then I frost the cake next morning, and then I put it back to the fridge. After 5 hours, I take it out, the cake is kind of “not moist” inside, is it normal? Is that because I left it at room temperature too long?

  15. Megan

    Would this work as a two layer cake instead of a Bundt cake? I want to make this as a birthday cake, and a layer cake seems more birthday-y.

  18. Aimee

    If I wanted to do this in a 9×13…. how would I change the baking times? Frosting amount would work still?

  21. Iona

    made this a few days ago…delish!!! Instead of the chocolate frosting I topped it with almond frosting.

  22. Bet

    TY this looks so amazing and I’m drowning in zucc. You might not eat the whole thing but I’m seriously considering it. :)

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