Zucchini Recipe ☆ Chocolate Apple Zucchini Picnic Cake

Simply put, this is picnic cake: nothing fancy. No plates, forks or adornment needed. Just grab a few napkins and start cutting.

Ingredients

• 1 cup shredded zucchini
• 1 cup shredded apple
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• ¾ cup brown sugar
• ½ cup olive oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• ½ cup all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 ¼ teaspoons baking soda
• ½ teaspoon kosher salt
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chunks
• ½ cup pepitas (raw pumpkin seeds)

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8x8-inch baking dish and set aside.
2. Stir zucchini, apple, eggs, brown sugar, olive oil, and vanilla extract together in a bowl.
3. Sift whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, kosher salt, and baking powder together in a separate bowl; gently stir into the zucchini and apple mixture until fully incorporated. Spoon batter into prepared baking dish. Sprinkle chocolate chunks and pepitas over the batter.
4. Bake in preheated oven until a tester comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Let cool before slicing.

Nutrition Facts

• calories509.3
• carbohydrateContent56.6 g
• cholesterolContent54.6 mg
• fatContent30 g
• fiberContent5.4 g
• proteinContent9.8 g
• saturatedFatContent6.8 g
• sodiumContent496.4 mg
• sugarContent29.1 g