The odd couple

During our farmstay, the farmer's wife baked this delicious chocolate cake. The best thing about the cake was it had zucchini added into it. Hmm...it was really an odd combination if you were to think about it - chocolate and zucchini. When talked about zucchini, we often thought of Japanese food, to add that into a cake, was really odd. But honestly, the cake was really great!

I came home and decided to give it a try.

Most kids do not like their greens, likewise for Kai and Ann. I do not know how they define their taste. Kai loves broccoli only(most kids hate that because of their perculiar taste and smell) and Ann loves carrots only. So, when the farmer's wife came up with this cake, I was most pleased. Although zucchini was added to it, you couldn't see it, you couldn't smell it and you most certainly, couldn't taste it. According to the farmer's wife, the zucchini gave the cake extra moisture and made it soft and fluffy, most acceptable by kids.

Ann, especially, loves them to bits. So, you see, it is really not too difficult to add extra nutrients to a seemingly unhealthy dessert. Bake it at home, cut down on the sugar level, add some dark chocolate - you get a very healthy sinful chocolate cake!


...presenting the odd couple - zucchini chocolate cupcake.