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Ingredients
- 2 1/4 c. All purpose flour
- 1 1/2 c. Sugar
- 1/2 c. Unsweetened cocoa pwdr
- 1 tsp Baking soda
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 3/4 c. Buttermilk
- 1/2 c. Unsweetened applesauce
- 1 Tbsp. Oil
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 4 x Egg whites
- 2 c. Grated unpeeled zucchini
- 2/3 c. Minichocolate chips
- 1/2 c. Minced walnuts
Directions
- 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 in buttermilk mix and beat till blended. Combine egg white mix and flour mix and beat till blended. Fold in the grated zucchini and 1/3 c. 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 min or possibly till a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Let the cake cold 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
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