Chocolate cake with zucchini and cherries
Ingredients
- 350 gr 12,5 oz zucchini
- 100 gr 3,5 oz whole cane sugar
- 250 gr 9 oz spelt flour
- 3 tsp of baking powder
- 3 Tbsp cocoa
- 1 tsp vanilla extract (or the pulp of 1 vanilla pod)
- 100 ml 3,5 oz neutral oil (i.e. canola oil)
- 100 gr 3,5 oz dark chocolate (and some more for the glaze)
- 100 gr 3,5 oz fresh cherries (and some more for decoration)
- 100 ml 3,5 oz sparkling water
- 1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C (356°F)
- Finely grate the zucchini, put them into a kitchen towel or paper towel and drain as much fluid as possible
- Break the chocolate into pieces and melt them
- Pit the cherries and cut them into small pieces
- Put flour, sugar, baking powder, cocoa and vanilla into a bowl and mix well
- Then add oil, sparkling water and apple cider vinegar and stir into a smooth dough
- Mix in the zucchini, chocolate and cherries (you can mix again, so everything will be very fine)
- Grease a loaf pan and put dough inside
- Bake for 40-50 minutes – check with stick if well done
- Melt some chocolate for the glaze and pour over the cooled off cake. Place the cherries on top of the liquid chocolate.
Source: frei-style.com/chocolate-cake-with-zucchini-and-cherries-3