Chocolate Wave Zucchini Bread

This chocolate wave zucchini bread recipe makes a chocolate-vanilla swirled spiced zucchini bread, which creates a wavy effect when the batters bake.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 60 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins
• Calories: 263 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 0.5 teaspoon salt
• 0.33333334326744 cup water
• 0.25 teaspoon baking powder
• 0.33333334326744 cup chopped walnuts
• 1.3333333730698 cups white sugar
• 1.6666667461395 cups all-purpose flour
• 0.33333334326744 cup shortening
• 1.5 cups grated zucchini
• 0.33333334326744 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan; set aside.

Step 2

Beat sugar and shortening together in a large bowl using an electric mixer; beat in eggs. Beat in zucchini, water, and vanilla extract. Beat in flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, salt, and baking powder. Stir in walnuts.

Step 3

Divide batter in half in two separate bowls; stir cocoa powder and chocolate chips into one half. Pour plain batter into the prepared loaf pan; pour chocolate batter on top.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan. Store in the refrigerator.