This is an interesting and different recipe for a cake, that the whole family will enjoy.

A Recipe for Cake With Zucchini and Chocolate

You Will Need:

1/2 cup to One C. choccie chips
three courgettes, approximately six inches long, cut into shreds (roughly 2 cups)
One t. ground cinnamon
2 1/2 cup cake flour
3 eggs
1/2 cup butter
1 t. vanilla
0.5 Cup ordinary sugar
One Cup brown or muscovado sugar
1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup buttermilk
4 tbsp cocoa
One t. salt
Two teaspoon bicarb of soda

Instructions:

In advance, preheat oven to 325 degrees F.

Lightly grease a Nonstick 9″ x 13″ Sheet Cake Pan and put to one side.

In mixing bowlmix the brown and white sugar, butter and oil.
Add eggs, buttermilk, and vanilla and mix thoroughly.

With the aid of a sieve, sift the salt, flour, cocoa, cinnamon and soda until well combined and lump free.

Stir both mixtures together

Stir in courgette and stir well.

Pour it all into pan and dot the top with chocolate chips.

Put into the oven and bake for approx 45 mins.

Allow it to cool a little, remove from tin and place on a rack to cool before serving.

Why Try Cooking This Recipe Yourself?

During these tough times of financial upheaval, today, more than ever, there are some very convincing reasons to begin cooking tasty meals in the comfort of your own kitchen instead of going out to an expensive restaurant

If you are unsure, look at the fact that home cooking will make a massive difference to your bank balance. Cooking in your own kitchen makes it quite possible to cook a meal that is quite as delicious as a dinner served by top chefs, for a fraction of the cost. If you are bored with your own cookbook and want to find some new recipes, then try looking on the Internet, where you will discover hundreds of dedicated recipe sites offering recipe collections with recipe categories including low fat recipes and salad recipes.

Another reason to avoid eating out is that food cooked at home is usually better for your health. If you prepare food in your own kitchen you are able to carefully select all the different ingredients that are needed for the recipe.

If you only want to cook using organic foodstuffs, you can easily do so. More than that, you can hand check the produce you are purchasing in person, and make absolutely certain that you are using only the freshest foodstuffs, with all their nutrients and vitamins intact.

If you need to, you can cook tasty meals to suit any special medical needs. If you need to prepare a meal for somebody who suffers from Diabetes or has coronary problems, you can alter the recipe to make it so that they can enjoy it also. Anyone who spent some time working in a cafe or restaurant we’ll be able to tell you that massive quantities of unhealthy ingredients are very often used to prepare their offerings, and, as we all know, this is pretty bad for your health.

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