CHOCOLATE ZUCCHINI BREAD WITH COCONUT GLAZE

Serena’s Chocolate Zucchini Bread with Coconut Glaze

makes One 8×4-inch loaf

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1 & 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
2 eggs
½ cup vegetable oil
½ cup light brown sugar
1/3 cup honey
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 tsp coconut extract
2 cups shredded zucchini

1 cup of sweetened shredded coconut

1 cup semisweet chocolate chips  (can take choc chips down to 1/2 cups if desire)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

spray 8×4-inch loaf pan with Bakers Joy or grease and flour it

In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking powder and baking soda

Prepare your zucchini and squeeze out the extra moisture with your hands after you shred it.. then measure and set aside.

measure and set aside for later use

NOW>..In a large bowl, add together the eggs, vegetable oil, brown sugar, honey and extracts. Beat well.

Add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients very slowly just to get the batter together until almost no flour remains.

Stir in the zucchini, coconut and chocolate chips  then turn on blender just enough to incorporate it

Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan

and bake for 50 minutes if you want a really super moist cake-like consistency or 65 minutes if you want it more to a moist bread.. 75 minutes if you want a dryer bread.. you will figure out what you like..

Allow to cool in the pan for 15 minutes

then turn out onto a plate and add some glaze..

let the first part of the glaze sit on the bread for at least 5-10 minutes then come back and add the REST of the glaze  let it sit till glaze hardens somewhat.. then slice.

COCONUT GLAZE:

make your coconut glaze with 2 cups confectionary sugar a tad of milk just enough to mix it and tsp coconut extract, stir till smooth and thin

pour over bread let sit till hardens. and enjoy

and that is all =)