Trimtastic Chocolate Zucchini Cake

You’re new to plan... you’re weaning yourself off sugar... you’re craving chocolate - NOW! You feel yourself about to cave to the cupcakes at the bakery down the road. There’s no time to mess around with recipe experiments in such dire circumstances. This is an emergency! Make this cake and you’ll be comforted with the fact that, yes, you can be a Trim Healthy Mama for the rest of your life. It’s so moist, so chocolaty, and since it uses Gentle Sweet, you won’t get any weird bitter taste. This recipe is in the "Sweet Treats - Family Cakes" section of the Trim Healthy Mama Cookbook, page 296. This recipe makes a family-serve cake.

Cooking Method: Oven Baking

Courses: Dessert, Snacks

Description

You’re new to plan... you’re weaning yourself off sugar... you’re craving chocolate - NOW! You feel yourself about to cave to the cupcakes at the bakery down the road. There’s no time to mess around with recipe experiments in such dire circumstances. This is an emergency! Make this cake and you’ll be comforted with the fact that, yes, you can be a Trim Healthy Mama for the rest of your life. It’s so moist, so chocolaty, and since it uses Gentle Sweet, you won’t get any weird bitter taste. This recipe is in the "Sweet Treats - Family Cakes" section of the Trim Healthy Mama Cookbook, page 296. This recipe makes a family-serve cake.

1 Family Serve Cake

Ingredients

For the Cake:

coconut oil spray (optional)
1 medium zucchini (1 & 1/3 to 1 & 1/2 scant cups)
4 large egg (s)
4 Tbs butter (1/2 stick)
3/4 cup TH Baking Blend
3/4 cup TH Gentle Sweet
1/8 tsp TH Pure Stevia Extract Powder (or to taste)
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp aluminum-free baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
2 pinches mineral salt
4 Tbs unsweetened cocoa powder
1/3 cup 85% dark chocolate (or stevia sweetened chocolate chips)

For the Chocolate Cream Frosting:

1/2 cup heavy cream
2 Tbs unsweetened cocoa powder
3 1/2 Tbs TH Gentle Sweet
1 dash vanilla extract

Instructions

1
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly coat an 8-inch square baking pan with coconut oil spray.
2
Make the cake. Trim the zucchini, chop into a few pieces, and process in a food processor so it is not mush but broken down well into very tiny pieces. Add the remaining cake ingredients and process until well combined.
3
Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until golden brown on top.
4
While the cake is cooling inside the tray, make the frosting. Blend all the ingredients in a blender until thickened (or shake in a tightly sealed jar for a minute or two until thickened). Spread onto the cake inside the tray.

Note

Trimtastic Notes:

This cake really is so easy—all the ingredients go in your food processor.
Zucchini makes baked goods moist and delish, but many recipes get all fussy with it. They make you shred it, then salt it, then squeeze out the water—grrrr. Who has time for all that?
Let’s make use of the great moisture zucchini brings and just throw it in the food processor.
It’s the THM way to take the easy road...

The Trimtastic Chocolate Zucchini Cake (S) was featured on The Trim Healthy Lifestyle Video which you can watch here!!

Read it online: https://trimhealthymama.com/recipe/trimtastic-chocolate-zucchini-cake/