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July 21, 2015 Leave a Comment

Zucchini Chocolate Chip Snack Cake

Zucchini-chocolate-chip-snack-cake-real-life-dinnerZucchini Chocolate Chip Snack Cake

It’s zucchini season baby. I love zucchini. Someone had some huge ones out in front of their house with a big free sign and I was all over that. I jumped out of the car and grabbed four of them.

I went home and got them all shredded and portioned out to freeze for future use. I see lots of zucchini bread, muffins and some new recipe experimenting in my families future.

I kept one cup out of the freezer bags so I could make this yummy and healthy snack cake.

So a word on snack cake: Snack cake is sort of the consistency of muffins but cooked in a 9×13 pan. It usually has health-ish ingredients and is super easy to mix up, spread in a 9×13 pan, bake and is sturdy enough to hold in your had for easy distribution to the masses. Boo Ya!

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I love to make if for a quick after school snack or to take to things like pack meeting or youth church activities. You can sneak healthy stuff in it, but it is still called “cake” so kids are all over it. If you like this you should try my Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Snack Cake recipe.

I use whole wheat flour in this snack cake to give it more fiber and protein but it will be great with all-purpose flour too. You can also experiment with throwing in a little flax seed or chia seeds and substituting coconut oil for the butter if you feel so inclined. (It’s really hard to mess this recipe up.)

Zucchini Chocolate Chip Snack Cake
 
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Prep time
15 mins
Cook time
20 mins
Total time
35 mins
 
Author: Maria
Recipe type: Cake
Cuisine: Garden Goodness
Serves: 16
Ingredients
  • ⅓ cup vanilla or plain yogurt
  • 3 tbsp butter, softened
  • ½ cup brown sugar, lightly packed
  • ¼ cup granulated sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup shredded zucchini
  • ¾ cup quick oats
  • 1¼ cup whole wheat flour
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt, scant
  • ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, heaping
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees
  2. Spray a 9x13 pan with cooking spray and set aside
  3. Combine yogurt, butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar, mix well with a hand mixer or in your mixer for 1 minute or until thoroughly combined.
  4. Add eggs and mix until thoroughly incorporated.
  5. Add shredded zucchini and quick oats. Stir and let sit for 5-10 minutes (this gives the zucchini a chance to seep and a chance for the quick oats to absorb moisture.
  6. Mix in the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder and salt until evenly combined.
  7. Stir in chocolate chips and spread evenly in the greased 9x13 pan.
  8. Bake at 325 degrees for 20-23 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
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Enjoy!

Keep it Real!!!

Maria

 

 

Breakfast/Pancakes/Waffles, Cookies/Bars/Brownies, Only Pantry and/or Freezer Ingredients, Uncategorized, Veggies/Sides
Chocolate, Healthy, Kid Snack, Seasonal, Snack Cake, Summer Cooking, Zucchini
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