Zucchini Cake
Zucchini cake is a delicious and healthy cake made with grated zucchini, flour, ground hazelnuts, milk, eggs, sugar, oil, and cinnamon. It is easy to bake and tastes especially good with a chocolate glaze and walnut pieces. Zucchini cake is a great way to use up leftover zucchini and enjoy something sweet at the same time.
Category: Cake
Source: www.einfachbacken.de
Equipment
Mixing bowl | |
Baking tray |
Ingredients
For the dough: | |
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Zucchini | |
Flour | |
Baking powder | |
Ground hazelnut | |
Cinnamon | |
Sugar | |
Vanilla sugar | |
Salt | |
Eggs | |
Oil | |
Milk | |
Oil | |
For the glaze: | |
Milk chocolate | |
Chopped hazelnuts |
Instructions
Wash zucchini and grate finely over a household grater. Transfer to a bowl. Grease baking tray and line with baking paper. Preheat oven to 180°C (convection oven 160°C).
Mix dry ingredients in a bowl. Add eggs, oil and milk and mix with a hand mixer for 2 minutes. Drain zucchini rasps a little if necessary and stir into the batter. Spread on the baking tray. Bake for approx. 25 min. Let cool on a cake rack.
Coarsely chop couverture and melt in a bowl over a hot water bath. Cut the cake into pieces and coat with the couverture. Sprinkle with chopped nuts as desired.
Nutrition
Serving size: | 194.8 |
Energy: | 708.3 |
Ratio: | 3.6 |
Carbohydrate: | 65.5 |
Fat: | 45.5 |
Protein: | 12.2 |
Saturated fat: | 8.6 |
Sodium: | 215.1 |
Sugar: | 40.0 |