Chocolate Wave Zucchini Bread

Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 60 min
Servings: 12
Yield: 12 servings

Description

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

Ingredients

1 1/3 cups white sugar
1/3 cup shortening
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups grated zucchini
1/3 cup water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/3 cup chopped walnuts
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1/3 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions

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