Do you want delicious homemade cakes, but are afraid to gain extra pounds? Then I propose a recipe for a wonderful chocolate cake baked on the basis of oatmeal and zucchini. Not high in calories, tasty, satisfying …
Recipe content:
- Ingredients
- Step by step cooking
- Video recipe
In the culinary environment, chocolate pastries with zucchini are already very popular. And today I wanted to experiment, and made some modifications to the delicacy. Instead of the usual flour, I put oatmeal. This chocolate cake is similar in consistency to brownie, but significantly fewer calories, which allows you to eat it without restrictions. In addition, zucchini in baked goods is not felt at all, but on the contrary, they give a pleasant moisture. It turns out such a chocolate muffin is hearty, dense and very chocolatey. If you are a lover of diet baking and have a love for arbitrary culinary experiments, then I recommend reducing the amount of sugar or replacing it with honey.
It should also be noted that for such a dessert, you can prepare a cake not only from zucchini, but also from other vegetables. For example, in autumn, pumpkin or apple shavings are suitable, in winter - beets, in spring - the first berries. You can use whole oats in a cake, or grind them first in a coffee grinder. How to proceed, choose according to your taste. But in any case, it is necessary to give the dough some time to infuse so that the flakes swell.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 114 kcal.
- Servings - 1 cupcake
- Cooking time - 1 hour 20 minutes
Ingredients:
- Oat flakes - 200 g
- Zucchini - 1 pc.
- Sour cream - 150 ml
- Sugar - 3 tablespoons
- Eggs - 1 pc.
- Instant coffee - 2 tablespoons
- Vegetable oil - 50 ml
- Salt - a pinch
Making an oatmeal and zucchini chocolate muffin
1. Wash and dry the zucchini. If the fruits are ripe and old, then peel them first and remove the pulp. their skin is tough, and the pulp contains coarse seeds. Such manipulations are not carried out with young vegetables.
2. On a coarse grater, grate the courgette or use a food processor.
3. Place the zucchini shavings in a mixing bowl. Pour oatmeal with sugar to it, pour in vegetable oil and beat in eggs. If you want, grind the oatmeal with a coffee grinder or grinder beforehand so that it becomes a flour consistency.
4. Knead the dough and leave for 20-30 minutes to swell a little.
5. Then add instant coffee to the dough and knead the products again.
6. Prepare a baking dish. Brush it with a thin layer of vegetable oil and lay out the dough. Smooth it out evenly.
7. Heat the oven to 180 degrees and send the product to bake for 40 minutes. Check readiness with a wooden splinter (match, toothpick, skewer). They should be dry without sticking of pieces of dough. Cool the finished cake, sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve for tea.
See also a video recipe on how to make a chocolate zucchini muffin.
