Elizabeth’s Phenomenal Chocolate Zucchini Bread
At long last!!
First, a little background: Elizabeth is our blog pal here, so everyone wave. (Hi, Elizabeth!) When I was in Lansing, Michigan a few months ago at the Michigan Library Association conference, Elizabeth gifted me with a homemade loaf of this bread. I’m not ashamed to say I ate the entire thing within 24 hours, it was that irresistible.
Elizabeth was also kind enough to make it vegan, organic, and fair-trade for me, which is really going above and beyond. Thank you, Elizabeth!
And last, she generously shared the recipe with me, and agreed that I could share it with you. All I can say is if you make it, you, too, will thank and adore Elizabeth. So be prepared.
Elizabeth’s Phenomenal Chocolate Zucchini Bread
3 cups flour
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 Tbsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
2 cups sugar
3 eggs or equivalent egg replacer (I use Ener-G egg replacer, which is made from potato starch)
1 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups shredded zucchini (about 2-3 medium zucchini)
1 cup chopped nuts
1 pkg (12 oz) chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease two 9″x5″ loaf pans with canola spray.
In a large bowl, combine flour, cocoa, cinnamon, soda, baking powder, and salt. Mix well. In a separate bowl, beat eggs (or egg replacer and water) with the sugar until well-combined. Add oil and vanilla. Beat to combine, then stir in zucchini. Add wet bowl to dry bowl and stir until just moistened. Stir in nuts and chocolate chips. Spoon evenly into pans. Bake 55-60 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pans, then turn out onto racks.
Cook’s note: As far as possible, use organic and fairly-traded ingredients.
Thank you, Elizabeth!! I’m going to make some this week. How can I resist?
Ohmygosh! THIS. WEEKEND. lol *hugs all around* I can’t wait to try it!!!
*drooling and ecstatic*
Thanks so much. Sounds absolutely divine
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At long last! Thanks! Sounds incredible. I might even get my kids to down some zucchini in the process. Do you think it’s still healthy when surrounded by sugar? (:
So, here I am, sitting at my desk in Michigan, totally not expecting this, and now, blushing shades of red not found in nature or even big boxes of Crayola…thanks, Robin..and please keep telling people how wonderful I am; it will speed the process of World Domination through Baked Goods.
And Kelley, yes, even when surrounded by chocolate and sugar, zucchini is still healthy. It’s a vegetable, after all. So is chocolate (which comes from beans). And if you use dark cocoa powder, antioxidants galore.
Kelley, Elizabeth is correct: this is practically salad.
Hope Jama and Dylan make it, too. I just got back from buying the ingredients! Oven is preheating, and I’ll be baking momentarily.
And when you are done baking you can send it to me to test it.
Lazy. If you want someone else to make it for you you have to go to Michigan. Worth it, though.
Robin. I made you bread because you write good books and you’re NICE to me. Patrick, as far as I know, has not written a book (yet). And his niceness is definitely questionable. I mean…he dragged me off to a Moon Base, lest you forget. And knocked me unconscious to do so. And that chair that he tied me to was HARD.
So count your stars, Author Goddess…I don’t just give bread to anyone off the grid. If Patrick wants it, he can just as well make it himself.
See, Patrick? Kidnapping the baker is never a good idea. Maybe if you redeem yourself . . .
And P.S., Elizabeth: You’re so sweet!
Update: loaves are out of the oven, cooling. House smells like a dream. Yay!
I’m inspired now, too. I’m getting a new department head on Monday and we’re potlucking at work to welcome her. Now I feel like I should make some bread for potluck (even though it’s eight degrees hotter than hell here in MI). So apparently, I’m not afraid to use bread to BRIBE people off the grid. If they have some kind of power over me or something that I want. Makes me rather a shady character, perhaps.
Patrick, however, has no power over me and nothing that I want (I’m against the outlawing of kittens). So he’s still on his own.
Don’t think I won’t write a book just to have someone make me bread….
My niceness is unquestionable! Go ahead. Ask my niceness a question – it won’t answer.
Robin, you’re making me crave it! XD I still need some ingrediance… darn me for not picking up some nummy zuccini while I was at the store! Grr….
Elizabeth, good for you! After all not EVERYBODY is Elizabeth made Zuccini bread worthy… botta keep it close.
I can’t believe that Elizabeth is so mean that she makes Chocolate Zucchini Bread and doesn’t share with everyone.
And by everyone, I mean me.
Evil..pure evil!
Elizabeth- you are a gift from the gods!!! I made it gluten free and it’s AMAZING!!! Thank you for letting us share in the yumminess.
Angelique,
What did you substitute to make it gluten-free? I want to try this for a collection of friends, half of whom are vegan, one of whom is celiac… Thanks!
Jem-
I used a mix from Whole Foods (365 Brand) and Pamela’s Gluten Free Bread mix. Those are the two products that have the best taste!
Um, just a strange little aside here: Did you know that this website is coming up under more searches for “chocolate zucchini bread” than for my name?
Score! All is right with the world!
Oh yum. Off to buy zucchini. Actually supposed to be a little cooler than 100 degrees tomorrow so it may be safe to turn on the oven.
That’s awesome! I FINAL:LY gotall the ingrediance and am either gonna make it tonight or tomarrow! Let you know how it it!
Hi Angelique – I want to try this one out on my 5yr old Celiac niece – this bread does quality as a bread AND a vegetable right?
My sister uses the Pamela’s baking mix (and agree its great) but which WF 365 degree product did you use in making this (the bread mix?)?? And do you just substitute cup for cup (i.e. 3 cups of mix?).
Note – I’ve used the 365 vanilla cake mix and it is by far the best cake mix I’ve made to date — non Celiac cant tell difference!!!
Thanks a lot, Tricia! So nice of you to share that information.
And yes, this bread qualifies as a vegetable FOR SURE. Look it up.
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