Chocolate zucchini cake / muffins
This recipe from a friend who visited the other day. The kids were over the moon for these muffins, and god knows I've got ten thousand giant zucchinis languishing on my counter. As usual, I'd suggest subbing approximately a third of the wheat flour for oatmeal flour, since this recipe would benefit from the oat flavour. It's hardly necessary, though. Also of note is that since this recipe uses baking soda as a leavener, you should use natural cocoa powder, not Dutch-processed. You can use the other, but it won't taste as chocolatey. Chocolate zucchini cake 1 3/4 cups sugar 1/2 cup soft butter 1/2 cup oil 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla 1/2 cup buttermilk 2 cups shredded zucchini 2 1/2 cups flour 1/4 cup natural (non-alkalised, non-Dutch processed) cocoa powder 1 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1/2 cup chocolate chips Mix together butter, sugar, and oil. Then add eggs, vanilla, and buttermilk and blend together. Add all dry ingredients and mix lightly. Stir in zucc...