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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.