The BEST Chocolate Zucchini Cake Recipe 

“You shouldn’t be eating all of it .... unless it’s your birthday then you’re allowed to do what ever you like.” - facts 😂 love your videos so much keep up the great work! I really appreciate how detailed you are about what you’re making. 😊

"Fool!!" 🤣 I'm LOVING your channel!

“You have had vegetables....fool!” 😂😂😂

I have tried this cake for my friends birthday it was so moist n delicious that when the same gang came over a week later they were asking for the cake n my toddler daughter also looooooved it. Thank you for the recipe n I love your each n every episodes. Keep us encouraging thank you n your team.

Re: using the grater - if you don't chop of the tops of the zucchini, you can use the knob on the top to hold on to, thus saving fingers from getting cut on grater! Just sayin'...

I love watching you bake. Your kitchen almost looks like a “normal” persons with stuff flying out of the Kitchenaid all the time.

"You have had vegetables ... FOOL!!!" I laughed out loud

I guess the six dislikes realised there was zucchini in their cakes...

I made this tonight, it was awesome!! I cut out a cup of sugar, half a cup of oil and melted the chocolate chips (I don't like my cakes to have any crunch/texture). It was soft and perfectly chocolatey, not bitter not overly sweet. I used the chocolate whipped cream from his chocolate cheesecake recipe instead of the frosting and ganache that this recipe calls for. It was absolutely the right choice!! I made it in a 11x17 inch pan - this recipe makes A LOT of cake, so invite over friends to help you eat it!

Just say the green things are a rare type of expensive, gourmet chocolate.

You're one of the best cooks ever not only can you cook amazing, but you have an amazing personality.

I have just used the cake belts for the first time on a 12 inch fruit cake which is going to be the bottom layer on my son’s wedding cake. I’m well impressed. A lovely flat top and no burnt sides.😁👍🏼

Since I made this cake last year on Christmas day my family can't get enough of it. 😁👍🏽

The way u improvise and even maintain tidyness

Thank you for not editing out the mishaps that happen to all real cooks from time to time! 🤗

Ok- I just have to say that your videos are my daily highlights! Whenever I need an excuse to smile I know you’ve got me covered.

Yes!!! I️ love this 😍😍Do you have any recipes for avocado or chickpea brownies? I’d love to fool people with vegetables brownies too 😈😈

I made this cake for my father in law 89th birthday. He is a chocoholic and I wanted him to have his dream cake. With lockdown, we all know old people don’t go out as much and he doesn’t get his usual brownies and sweets nowadays 😝 Well, I messed up the ganache so the cake was less elegant than John’s one, although it was not too bad 😂😂😂 it was a *huge* success. My MIL complimented me, normally she doesn’t like chocolate cakes, and she had a big piece. My boys, ate everything and didn’t detect the zucchini at all, and they loved it. I will make it again, it is amazing! Thank you John, all your recipes are brilliant! 💖

I've made many chocolate zucchini cakes, but none that looked like your fabulous creation!! But using the large zucchini from my garden made it easier to grate.

Heard babies in the background and thought my twins were up from their nap 😂❤ cuter patuters. You should do a video with them if they're old enough! That would be adorable

Whip the butter longer before adding anything. Then add your icing sugar in at least 2 stages. Use the lower setting to combine first, before beating fast. That way it won't spill out! Same for flour. Lovely recipe, btw :)

Love the Wayne cooks and describes

This is now my go-to chocolate cake recipe. Thank you. I add either a teaspoon of cinnamon or a teaspoon of coffee extract.

You are so amazing. You make me laugh and smile the whole time that I am watching you. I made your chocolate chip cookies yesterday, as a gift for my Grand daughter for Valentine's day. Delicious! Please stay happy and healthy, and keep doing this. Love you

I swear you are so silly. You make me laugh every time. Thanks for that tho' and thanks for the wonderful recipes. 👌🥰

I made it for my son's birthday and everyone loved it! To tell you the truth, I've tried a lot of chocolate recipes, nothing came out right but yours was delicious!

Perfect timing - I was waiting for layer cake and here is a FANTASTIC one! Thank you and happy St Valentine's from Sweden.

All of the channels I follow eventually blew up, so I hope you'll receive the recognition you deserve soon.

U always smiling it’s good to see ur channel I just started following and I love it 👌🏻

I think I would mix briefly by hand before turning the mixer on. 😆

I made this cake for the 1st time today! OMG - my kitchen smelled like chocolate heaven! My only regret is that I didn't have baking pans that were straight, so straps I bought wouldn't stay on, so I have domes, but plan to flip cakes upside down to frost, so dome not as noticeable! They're still cooling ...will let you know later!! Really enjoy your channel & your quirky sense of humor! 😊

Tried this recipe today, and turned out really great! Super moist and soft. Thank you so much 😊

Yum! I made zucchini cupcakes for my daughter's birthdays when she was a toddler. Clever. Thank you for the recipe.

I'm beginning to love this channel more and more!!!

Love the Way he describes and show how to…love it. Keep bringing it on.

You are an awesome Baker. I stumbled on your videos.

I just found your channel and I'm hooked! Love all of your tips!

I gotta admit, you are the best! Recently discovered your channel and I'm loving it. You are funny, original and I believe that you do not make us, the viewers, feel bad when we are making mess in our kitchen as well lol

I made this and it freezes well. Just be sure to cover the cake tightly with plastic wrap. It thaws easily and tastes even better after.

Someone definitely sponsor's your eggs lol.. Lots of love❤ Great recipe! :)

This cake is absolutely amazing!!!! I made it yesterday & OMG! It is outrageous how yummy it is! The only few changes I made was using a large rectangular cake pan because I did not have three 8-inch round cake pans. I only had two. I am also gluten free, so I used Bob's Red Mill 1 to 1 Gluten Free Baking Flour instead of regular all-purpose. This is going in my recipe notebook, so I have it when family and friends load me up with lots of zucchini again. Thanks for the video tutorial and recipe! You are awesome!

4:23 "Carefully dump it, I don't want to spill this on my counter" he says after spilling it on his counter....

Thank you, John, for making me a cake lady. This deeply chocolate cake is one for which I get repeated requests. You are a fine teacher .Do you ever work with yeast recipes?

I substitute applesauce for the vegetable oil. You can't tell...it's wonderful. Thank you for such a wonderful recipe!

I’m drooling....🙂⭐️. Great recipe!

I just can't wait to make this chocolate vegetable zucchini cake I know it's going to be awesome keep the videos coming

I found your channel recently and i've really been enjoying watching a lot of your videos. Tonight i tried this chocolate zuchinni cake. (The first recipe of yours i've tried) so here is my honest review: 1. My husband knew there was zuchinni in it. He took one bite, said it tasted "funky" and refused to eat any more. He's a chocoholic, so it takes a lot for him to turn down chocolate cake. But i think the mental aspect of it got to him. 2. Then i feed it to two friends who came over for dinner. I refused to tell them what was in it until after they tried it. They both ate their slice and said it was "just ok" ...not BAD at all, but not GREAT either. It was definitely not up to the usual par of baked goods they get from me. They did comment that it had great texture, but didnt feel like a very strong chocolate flavor (even with all that cocoa powder!) 3. The texture of the cake is great! And it looks amazing in pics. Also, the way you decorated made it very striking but still manageable for novice bakers. I DID peel my zuchinni, and grated on a finer cheese grater than you did. The end result felt almost like it had coconut in it, but no coconut taste obviously. 4. The measurements for the butter in the frosting vary in the video and in the blog. I think i chose to follow the wrong one. I'm willing to give the frosting recipe another try, but i did have to fight with it a bit to make it usable. 5. Overall, i'm quite sad to say this recipe doesn't "stay on the menu" for my family. I am still looking forward to trying a couple more of your recipes, and i genuinely hope they turn out a bit better. For those who LIKE zuchinni/chocolate cakes, this may be a great recipe for you! But it just wasnt a big hit for us. And i dont know whether it was a just ok recipe, or whether choco/zucchini cakes just arent for us.

I love the way you showing off and good performance!!!!!!! You need an award for that!!!!! Wink!!

Thank you for the wonderful recipe! I made this cake for my sons birthday and everyone liked it .

Someone at work brought in a giant zucchini (I do mean GIANT) that I took home, and I've been looking for the perfect cake recipe to use it with. Thank you!

El mejor haciendo postres 😉😉

You should do a video on all the little tips and tricks you have learned through out the time you have been baking. The first video I ever watched from your channel was the baking strips. And boom I was hooked. Love all your videos. I have been cooking professionally for 42yrs. Thank you so much. P.s. you need a bench scraper lol

Bon appetit, mon cher John! Bonne Saint Valentin 💕 Salutations chaleureuses de Montréal, Québec. J'ai adorée votre recette et je vais l'essayer! Merci!

I'm a chocoholic! I so glad I came across your channel.

One of my fave videos of yours as far as your commentary goes. Had me cracking up the whole video!

You're amazing!!! I just made it and I'm loving it!!! Thanks so much for your recipes!!!

Gracias gracias gracias y se llego el día de hacer la torta de chocolate con zucchini absolutamente una delicia nos encantó es bueno cuando sigues a alguien que sus preparaciones son extraordinarias bendiciones

Great idea. This one is on the list to make. Thank you so much. Love seeing your food and your contagious smile. Great channel for sure.

I have been looking for a good chocolate cake recipe for so long and am always disappointed. THIS cake!! It's an absolute dream. Every single aspect! It's perfect! Thank you. I'll be making this often!

Comprehensive and precise, 5 stars, bravo!

WOAW ! ! ! ! Very nice recipe ! ! ! !Thanks a lot my friend ! ! ! ! and Hello from FRANCE ! ! ! 🍎🍊🍚🍭🍏🍔🍓😍🌟🍄

I LOVE this channel!!

I love it! “I’m supposed to…Blah blah blah, But I don’t feel like it!” Can’t wait to make this😊

You know he's a pro baker if he uses a weighing scale. I love his recipes because he always provide the weight. FULL PROOF RECIPES FOR FREE!

Oh my gosh. I have to try this!! I have had zucchini cake before and it's AMAZING!! Makes it sooo moist and you're right, you won't be able to detect the zucchini at all.

Wow, wow, wow, I've made cake with zucchini before, but, this one is totally awesome!!!!

I've been searching for a really rich, dense, moist chocolate cake recipe. I'll definitely give this a try!

Beautiful 🎂

It's worth every delicious calorie if you make this for a special occasion!! Thanks again for another delicious recipe can't wait to make this for my hubby!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Just got your cookbook and love the recipes. Simply recipes for everyday living.

I think everything you cook is fantastic. You are Great to watch . I have bought everything you have so my cakes can be as. Ice. Thank you so much

I love that we occasionally get to hear your kids in the background. I would like to see a kid centric video, something that focuses on a fun recipe to do with them. And can we see some uses for aguafaba? I have a ton in my freezer right now because I love hummus! LoL

Wow!! This is so cool, I have never seen a veggie sneaked into a cake.. thanks for this!! My son will never know. Muahahaha!!

I mix it up together a bit with spatula then mix the rest of batter with mixer...it helps with all the flour and other ingredients popping out of mixer.

Tip for using a grater- when you get to the 'end' of the thing you are grating, use your open palm to push it back and forth over the grater, no more cut knuckles!

Fool! You had me heehawing with this video.

I am a huge fan of urs. You inspired me in baking.... Try this. Take a large paper plate, cut out a hole in the middle so that the paddle attachement can move around from inside, connect the paddle attachement to the standing mixture, placing the paper plate (upside down) in between. While mixing, make sure you hold the paper plate on place(if needed) so that it perfectly covers the top of the bowl. The dry ingredients wont make a mess around again. :) :)

I love the chocolate shards!!! I wanna try it tomorrow for my mum's birthday!

"Mmmm vegetable oil." It's the little things that make you so much fun to watch.

Looks delicious, gotta try that. Would you halve for 6" pans? Does a slice count as one of my 5 a day? Happy Valentines day. ❤️❤️

Looks very delicious you always have good ideas and great tips me and my wife love watching your videos thank you so much

I work at our local grocery store in the bakery and I can tell you that the customers in my small town love your recipes!! I introduced the concept of cooking from scratch there and all I can say is I feel like a hamster in a wheel because they buy the desserts faster than I can make them! Without a doubt - this recipe will fly off the shelves. I do have a question - is there a way to alter the recipe to make it gluten-free so our GF customers can enjoy it too? By far - your channel is in my top 3 favorites!! Thanks for all you do - I truly appreciate it.

“As measured by my eyes.” Love that! Question: What is the sour cream for? I’m not a baker so I’m just curious. Thank you!

Oh, I must make this! This is absolutely amazing! Thank you, again! 🍫

I'm chocolate wasted!! 😍😍💌

I love the butter replay! So funny :)

I love the way you explain things, your sense of humour, i am glad I stumbled across your channel. Hopefully will manage to make as great cakes as you do :)

Absolutely beautiful 😀

I have tried this and it's amazing!!! Zucchini makes the cake moist. I just use a handwhisk and cut the recipe in half and reduced the sugar for my mom. Didn't manage to do the buttercream since it's already 1am by the time i finished the cake and ganache so i just whipped some of the chilled ganache and used it as the filling (?). Will try again and use the buttercream🙏😊

You make frosting a cake look easy!

RU-vid recommended me your channel today, I was intrigued because I am an avid hobby baker. We are both very much alike, :D. I work in science, I love teaching and I bake and cook a lot. I am really loving your work, binge watching has begun! Keep up the great work.

Look soooo yummy.. ! 🤤

Your videos make me happy!

I really love your channel! So informative and entertaining at the same time!

Looks delicious

Wow that looks so decadent! Thank you for this one

What a nice guy!

I love your channel, messy but cleaning immediately. I just subscribed last week and I have more than 10 videos, greetings from Netherlands

You are the best! I love your videos and your personality! And I've learned a ton from you!

Fantastic as a birthday cake thank you. The zucchini or courgette, as we say here in NZ, made it beautifully moist, and as you said was tasteless and unidentifiable in the cake. I reduced the recipe by a third as I only had 2x 8inch cake tins. It worked beautifully, as did your buttercream icing and I will certainly be making this again.