Chocolate Courgette Loaf Cake!

• servings: 8 servings
• active time: 20 minutes
• total time: 2 hours 15 minutes

Ingredients

75 ml vegetable oil

75 g natural yoghurt (or greek yoghurt/buttermilk)

75 ml honey

3 medium eggs

1 tsp vanilla extract

150 g courgette (grated weight)

150 g plain flour

35 g cocoa powder

½ tsp bicarbonate of soda

1 tsp baking powder

pinch of sea salt

125 g chocolate chips (I used dark)

50 g dark chocolate (melted)

chocolate chips

Directions

Preheat the oven to 180ºc/160ºc fan and line a 2lb loaf tin with parchment paper

Add the eggs, oil, yoghurt, vanilla, honey and courgette to a bowl and mix (I don't squeeze out the courgette)

Add the flour, cocoa powder, bicarb, baking powder and salt and mix

Fold through the chocolate chips

Pour into the lined tin and bake for 45-55 minutes

Cool fully and then decorate with melted chocolate and extra chocolate chips

Nutrition

• Calories: 269 kcal
• Total Fat: 9 g
• Saturated Fat: 5 g
• Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
• Trans Fat: 0.04 g
• Cholesterol: 65 mg
• Sodium: 112 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 43 g
• Dietary Fiber: 3 g
• Total Sugars: 23 g
• Protein: 7 g