2 1/4 c All purpose flour
1 1/2 c Sugar
1/2 c Unsweetened cocoa powder
1 ts Baking soda
1/4 ts Salt
3/4 c Buttermilk
1/2 c Unsweetened applesauce
1 tb Oil
1 ts Vanilla extract
4 Egg whites
2 c Grated unpeeled zucchini
2/3 c Minichocolate chips
1/2 c Chopped walnuts
Preheat the oven to 325 F. Lightly coat a 9 x 13-inch baking pan with
non-stick vegetable oil spray. In a large bowl, combine the flour,
sugar, cocoa, baking soda, and salt.
In a medium bowl, combine the buttermilk, applesauce, oil, and
vanilla. In another large bowl, beat the egg whites with an electric
mixer on high speed for 1 minute. Add buttermilk mixture and beat
until blended. Combine egg white mixture and flour mixture and beat
until blended. Mix in the grated zucchini and 1/3 cup of the
chocolate chips. Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle the
remaining chocolate chips and the nuts over the batter.
Bake about 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center
comes out clean. Let the cake cool completely, in a pan, on a wire
rack.
Notes: Lower the fat and calories in some of your kid’s treats by
replacing butter with apple sauce and only using egg whites. Then
they’ll be snacking – nutritiously! Sneaky, eh?
Yields
1 servings