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I can’t believe it. For the first time I am missing Tuesdays with Dorie. But don’t get mad, you can’t get mad at me…it’s my birthday tomorrow(not my blogs…but mine) so you have to be nice!
I had every intention of making the Apple Cheddar Scones that Karina of the Floured Apron chose…except that the weather chose not to cooperate. Right about the time I got to feeling better Summer finally decided to show up around these parts(it’s been so cold here people were calling it Junuary). And when Summer came it came hard. We don’t usually get into the high 80’s and low 90’s(we average in the low 70’s for June) and when we do we all tend to melt since very few of us around here have air conditioning. I being one of the air conditionless am not about to turn on the oven…not even to bake me my very own birthday cake(Cold Stone here I come for an ice cream cake).
So into the vault I went to find this chocolate zucchini bread I made a little while back.
I’ll admit it doesn’t really say birthday, but it does say breakfast. And since there are two loaves sitting in the freezer right now, it will probably be my birthday breakfast…if I remember to take it out. I am getting old you know. Although apparently not old enough. I had to laugh as in the couple weeks I have received quite a few comments and emails about the photos(of me) in my blog. How everyone thought I was older than what I am. Is it because I am wise beyond my years? HA! More like I keep my body filled with pastries…plump adds more youth as it fills in the wrinkles. 😉 Something to remember.
This is a nice moist bread as it has mascarpone cheese as well as buttermilk in it. I used a super dark chocolate…I want to say 76%. Not positive though. I won some free chocolate at a Seattle Food Blogger get together and was using that. I had a couple to choose from and I don’t remember which one I picked…again with the old age.
How will I be spending my birthday you ask? I always start the day by going to the gym. Nothing says I love you to your body and heart like a nice little cardio workout. And I figure if I can still drag my butt there to do it then I can’t be THAT old. 😮 Then a quick lunch with a friend and then out to the Melting Pot for dinner with my beloved hubby. We go the Melting Pot each year. I just love fondue…it’s so fun. I already got my birthday gift…a nice little shopping spree at Williams-Sonoma, so you know I was a happy girl!
P.S. Happy Canada Day for all that applies to!

Chocolate Zucchini Bread

3/4 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1 1/2 cups shredded unpeeled zucchini
3 eggs
1/3 cup mascarpone cheese
1/3 cup buttermilk
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/8 tsp salt
2 cups all-purpose flour
Heat oven to 350°F.
Melt together butter and chocolate over medium heat in a double boiler.
When melted remove from heat.
Mix in mascarpone cheese until it melts in with the chocolate mixture.
Place mixture into a bowl of an electric mixer fitted with paddle attachment. Mix in sugars, zucchini, eggs and vanilla on low speed until well combined.
In a large bowl sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt.
Add half of the dry ingredients to the mixer bowl. Then add the buttermilk. Then add the remaining dry ingredients.
Spoon batter into 2 greased and floured 8×4-inch loaf pans.
Bake for 35 to 45 minutes(about 20-25 minutes for mini loaves) or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool 10 minutes on a wire rack.
Remove from pans and continue to cool on wire rack.

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Comments

  1. Happy birthday! 🙂 Bread with mascarpone in it, how decadent! Who needs Cold Stone, haha 🙂
    I’ll have to remember the tip about wrinkles. If the fat doesn’t go straight to my tummy as it always, always does. 🙁

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  5. The bread looks great! I will have to try it. Your coconut lime banana bread was the best banana bread I have baked yet…thanks for all the great recipes. Happy Birthday!!!!

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  6. The bread looks so moist! Thanks for sharing this recipe 🙂

    Happy birthday! Have a fantastic year!!! Looking forward to more wonderful and inspiring dishes 🙂

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  11. Happy Birthday! I have the tiniest little zucchinis on my plant, but I know there will be an overabundance very very soon!

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  15. Happy Birthday! I hope you have a great day and a wonderful time at Williams Sonoma buying the perfect baking supplies 🙂 Your chocolate zucchini bread looks amazing. I’ve been searching for good recipe for this for a while, so it’s a good thing you posted this. And my husband’s grandmother just gave me 4 cups of fresh shredded zucchini from her garden, so the timing of this post couldn’t be more perfect!

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  21. I needed this post. My neighbor just dropped off loads of zuchinni and I’m wanting some chocolate zuchinni bread. Thanks!

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  22. Ooh, ooh, does that mean I’m next for sun blasting? I’m only a state or two down from you, but it’s freezing here. Fa-ree-zing. Have a happy birthday and enjoy being fed by other people!

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  23. Peabody, I could never be mad at you – especially when you make a chocolate-zucchini bread to make up for the TWD scones!! :0D

    Wishing you an early happy birthday!!!!

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  24. Happy birthday! The chocolate zucchini bread looks delicious. Hmm, a way to get my 5-year-old to eat zucchini… excellent. =)

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  25. Happy Birthday Peabody! I can’t believe how time has flown. Your bread looks delicious and guess what I just have a ton of mascarpone sitting in my refrigerator.

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  29. Your birthday sounds so similar to mine! Except 1) We did Italian for dinner and 2) Instead of buying myself a cake, I bought myself a cupcake!

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  30. Happy birthday tomorrow! I hope it’s a great one! By the way – I’ve never thought that you were old. I always think that you are around the same age as I am, probably a few years younger, and I’d like to think that I’m not old!!

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  34. HAPPITY HAPPY BIRTHDAY PEA!! Happy Canada Day to all you lovely Canadians out there……….and HAPPY 30TH ANNIVERSARY TO MEEEEEEEEEEE!!! 🙂 Special hugs from Colleen xx

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  37. Happy Birthday! I’m normally against mixing vegetables into my chocolate, but I’d make an exception for this amazing bread of yours! What a lovely breakfast!

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  42. what a great combo – dark chocolate zucchini bread! and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! can’t wait to see what you whip up with all the new goodies you’re going to buy at WS!

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  43. happy birthday, peabody! we must get along well because our birthdays are so close 😉 hope you have a great day and lots of delicious zucchini bread.

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  44. this, as well as everything that i have ever seen on the pages of this blog, looks fabulous! and have a happy birthday tomorrow 🙂

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  46. Happy birthday! It’s my Mom’s birthday, too. She’s 78 and I’m sure would say you are just a “spring chicken” yet! Enjoy that chocolate zucchini bread!

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  51. A very Happy Birthday, Peabody. Chocolate would be a great way to start a birthday, in my books for sure.:)
    The thought about wrinkle free and young, I’ll remember.

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  55. Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday dear Gracciiieeeee!!! Happy birthday to you!!!

    Love you!
    xoxoxo

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  57. Happy birthday! I also have to bake in a place with no air conditioning where it can get ridiculously hot in the summer. The bread looks great.

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  60. Awww Happy Birthday! It’s good that someone is spoiling you on your special day.
    Your hubby, like mine, knows that he can never go wrong with a Williams Sonoma gift card.
    And I just love the Melting Pot too.
    Have an awesome day girl!!!!

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  61. Happy Birthday, my dear friend. I wish you so well, even from far and without knowing you in person.
    Have fun! I love fondue, too, but I would also love a slice of this beauty right now.

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  62. Look at that bread! Not a smidge of green showing,they’ll never know the good they’re getting. Happy Birthday!!

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  66. Happy Birthday! I hope this year is full of delicious baked goodies as the previous! 🙂 Have a nice day and lovely cake

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  67. Happy Birthday! I hope this year is full of delicious baked goodies as the previous! 🙂 Have a nice day *and the cake is looks great.

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  69. Happy Birthday Peabody! Sorry about the heat…but I have something cool for you over at my blog…you know me and birthdays. You have the perfect formula for staying young…work out to keep the heart going, eat what you love to keep a smile on your face, and have fondue once a year with your sweetie.

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  70. Happy birthday Peabody! That bread looks amazing. Hope you have a great day (but with a Williams Sonoma shopping spree and a hot date I don’t know how you couldn’t!)

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  72. Happy Birthday Peabody. What better way to start your day than with a slice of that yummy looking cake/bread. Hope you had a wonderful day.

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  75. Belated Happy Birthday! This bread looks fabulous. I’ve planted zucchini in my vegetable garden for the first time this year and I will definitely be making this later this summer. Thanks!

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  76. Happy birthday (a little late). I hope your day was fabulous. And, hooray, it’s pouring so we can bake away to our hearts’ content! What fickle weather we have.

    I wish I could get away with making chocolate zucchini cake. My husband loathes zucchini and swears he can taste it in whatever I’m trying to hide it in.

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  79. haven’t had too much time to visit blogs the last few days – sorry i missed your birthday but happy belated birthday!!! the zucchini bread looks so moist and delicious, love how it includes chocolate 🙂

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  81. happy belated birthday! i’m a little behind on my google reader, so i’m just seeing this. i just starred this recipe to use when i get my first zucchinis out of my vegetable garden. i can’t wait! it looks fabulous!

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  82. Aw, happy belated birthday! Looks like a great cake to celebrate with, and not feel totally guilty about afterwards. It counts as a vegetable, right? 😉

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  83. That bread looks so rich and tasty. I love zucchini, but have never actually made it into bread. Better put it on the ever-growing to cook list 🙂

    Hope you had a great birthday!

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  84. I’ve been absent from my blog of late, but I’ve been checking out my faves. I made this recipe earlier this week, as muffins–mercy! Sooooooooo good, moist, chocolaty, delish. Thanks for another great recipe that has quickly become a family favorite.

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  85. Great recipe! I made both muffins and mini-loafs and they were an instant hit. The kids loved them (of course, no telling them there was veg inside!) and my co-workers adored it. I like the addition of mascarpone, it really zings it up.

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