This is a great lunchbox recipe and a great way to get extra green veggies into your children if they are fussy eaters. Delicious on its own or toasted with melted butter and honey!
Preheat oven to 180° or 160° fan forced. Line or grease loaf pan
Place grated zucchini in bowl and sprinkle with a pinch of salt. Allow to sit and squeeze all of the excess water out.
Melt the butter and honey in a small saucepan on medium heat. Allow to cool.
In another bowl combine flour/meal, raw cacao, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon.
Add the eggs to the butter mixture now that it has cooled.
Combine the butter mixture to the zucchini and add in the dry ingredients and mix thoroughly until combined.
Pour mixture into prepared loaf and pan and bake in the oven for 50-60 Minutes until cooked through.
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Ingredients
Directions
Preheat oven to 180° or 160° fan forced. Line or grease loaf pan
Place grated zucchini in bowl and sprinkle with a pinch of salt. Allow to sit and squeeze all of the excess water out.
Melt the butter and honey in a small saucepan on medium heat. Allow to cool.
In another bowl combine flour/meal, raw cacao, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon.
Add the eggs to the butter mixture now that it has cooled.
Combine the butter mixture to the zucchini and add in the dry ingredients and mix thoroughly until combined.
Pour mixture into prepared loaf and pan and bake in the oven for 50-60 Minutes until cooked through.
Do you mean 1.5 cups almond flour?
Hi Jacqui,
No, it is almond meal – it helps give the loaf a lovely texture 🙂
Love this loaf! The kids love it too – the cacao I use is quite dark so they cannot even see the zucchini. Sometimes I add a bit of grated apple or carrot as well as zucchini. It is so moist and chocolaty!
What can you use instead of the almond meal to make it lunch box friendly?
Hi Lesley,
Sorry we haven’t made this recipe with other substitutions yet, however I would recommend experimenting with buckwheat flour 🙂
Lovely Cacao Loaf recipe…I will try eggless Cacao Loaf @ mine kitchen. Thanks for sharing.