Low-carb chocolate zucchini cake recipe
By ditchthecarbs.com
This Low-Carb Chocolate Zucchini Cake is an ideal moist keto chocolate cake filled with healthy shredded zucchini, and only 5.2g net carbs per double layer slice!
Servings: 10 servings
NET Carbs: 5.2g
Protein: 9.5g
Fat: 38.6g
Ingredients
Chocolate Zucchini Cake
- 220 g (8 oz) butter softened
- 5 tablespoon (5 tablespoon) granulated sweetener of choice or more, to taste
- 2 teaspoon (2 teaspoon) vanilla extract
- 5 (5) eggs - medium medium
- 200 g (2 cups) almond meal/flour
- 2 teaspoon (2 teaspoon) baking powder
- 45 g (½ cup) cocoa powder (unsweetened) unsweetened
- 4 cups (4 cups) grated/shredded zucchini measure before squeezing liquid out, loosely packed
Serving suggestion (optional)
- 125 ml (½ cup) heavy whipping cream optional
- 6 (6) Strawberries optional
Instructions
Chocolate Zucchini Cake
- Place the softened butter, sweetener and vanilla in a mixing bowl and mix until smooth.
- Add the eggs one by one, mixing in between each egg.
- Add the almond meal/flour, baking powder, and cocoa. Mix until smooth.
- Stir in the grated/shredded zucchini/courgette and mix gently until the zucchini is hidden in the yummy chocolate cake mixture.
- Divide the mixture between 2 sandwich baking tins which have been oiled/buttered and lined. Sandwich tins are two regular-sized baking tins but quite shallow.
- Bake at 180C/350F for 25–30 minutes until completely cooked in the centre but still remains moist.
Serving suggestion (optional)
- Whip some double/heavy/whipping cream and use it to sandwich the 2 cake layers together. Add sweetener if you orefer.
- Place more whipped cream on top of the double layer cake and decorate with sliced strawberries, or berries of choice.
Notes
Nutrition is for 1 double-layered slice with whipped cream and 1 strawberry as shown. You may reduce the carb value further by omitting the strawberry.
Sandwich baking tins are two regular-sized baking tins but are quite shallow.
Serving: 1serving (serves 10) | Calories: 407kcal | Total Carbohydrates: 9.6g | Protein: 9.5g | Fat: 38.6g | Sodium: 194.2mg | Potassium: 334.7mg | Fiber: 4.4g | Sugar: 3.2g | Vitamin A: 767.8IU | Vitamin B1: 0.1mg | Vitamin B6: 0.1mg | Vitamin B12: 0.2µg | Vitamin C: 8.9mg | Vitamin D: 0.8µg | Vitamin E: 0.8mg | Vitamin K: 3.8µg | Calcium: 116.6mg | Folate: 24.3µg | Iron: 2mg | Magnesium: 34.5mg | Selenium: 7.7µg | Zinc: 0.8mg | NET carbs: 5.2g