Chocolate Apple Zucchini Picnic Cake
Ingredients
- 1 cup shredded zucchini
- 1 cup shredded apple
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 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)
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Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8x8-inch baking dish and set aside.
- Stir zucchini, apple, brown sugar, eggs, olive oil, and vanilla together in a large bowl until well combined.
- Sift flours, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt, and baking powder together in a separate bowl; stir gently into zucchini-apple mixture until fully incorporated. Spoon batter into the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle chocolate chunks and pepitas over the top of batter.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of cake comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Let cool before slicing.
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