Recipe of the Week - Chocolate Zucchini cake

My friend Octavia gave me this recipe Chocolate Zucchini Cake. I have not tried it myself yet but as she raves about it and has a sweet tooth like me I am sure it tastes great!


INGREDIENTS

• 120g softened unsalted butter
• 125ml sunflower oil
• 100g caster sugar
• 200g soft brown sugar
• 3 eggs, lightly beaten
• 130ml milk
• 350g plain flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 4 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 450g Zucchini, peeled and finely grated
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract


METHOD

1. Put the butter, sunflower oil and both sugars in a bowl and beat them together until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in the eggs and then the milk.

2. Sift the dry ingredients together and fold them into the mixture.

3.Stir in the zucchini and vanilla, then spoon the mixture into a 20 x 35cm baking tin lined with baking parchment.

4. Place in an oven preheated to 190°C/Gas Mark 5 and bake for 35–45 minutes, until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.

5. Cut into squares whilst still warm.

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Cadbury Chocolate's Solar Power Initiative

There's only one thing better than solar power and that's chocolate. Maybe. Combine the two though and it has to be the best thing in the entire universe. Ever.

Cadbury Cocoa Partnership is providing thousands of solar lanterns to cocoa farmers in Ghana and installing solar power systems on the rooftops of 22 Ghana schools.

10,000 solar lanterns, valued at approximately $600,000, are to be sent to cocoa growing communities in the Western, Brong Ahafo, Ashanti and Eastern regions says Ghana news site, GraphicGhana.

Cadbury will also supply solar panels to two medical clinics and three food-processing units would also be powered by solar energy courtesy of the company.

Managing Director of Cadbury Ghana, Mr James Boateng, said the $780,000 solar project was part of a larger effort on Cadbury's part to help address social, economic and environmental issues in cocoa growing communities, "so that livelihoods will improve, while we help secure sustainable cocoa supplies for Ghana and our company".

Other Cadbury sustainability projects include the The Cadbury Purple Goes Green initiative launched in July 2007. Its targets include a 50% reduction in the companies carbon emissions by 2020, a 10% reduction in general packaging and a more aggressive target of 25% for seasonal and gift ranges. Cadbury is also aiming for 60% biodegradable packaging.

Producing chocolate is thirsty work, so all 'water scarce' sites have water reduction programmes in place. Cadbury's Huntingwood facility in Australia received a Sydney Water Innovation Award for introducing waterless lubrication in its production, which has now been introduced across 12 lines in Australia and New Zealand, saving tens of millions of litres of water annually. Between 2006 and 2007, the company reduced consumption of water by 10%.

By the end of 2007, Cadbury says it had reduced its carbon emissions by 3% compared to 2006 and an estimated a 10% by 2010.


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Win your weight in chocolate at chocolate bobbing competition

The Hunter Valley Gardens will host their 4th annual Chocolate Festival (to be hosted at the Gardens on August 6 and7). An ‘eye popping’ official launch will take place at Charlestown Square, with an exciting chocolate bobbing competition offering participants the chance to win their weight in delicious Callebaut Chocolate.

The competition will see three lucky volunteers compete against each other to bob in pools filled with chocolate in search of the golden ticket burried inside. And they must only use their mouth to find the golden ticket! Contestants will be dressed up in brightly coloured chefs uniforms with oversized hats and colourful cravats.

The first contestant to find the golden ticket wins their weight in mouth watering Callebaut Chocolate! Runners up will receive passes to the Hunter Valley Gardens Chocolate Festival on August 6th and 7th.

There will also be show piece cakes on display from The Sweetest Things and a mouth watering chocolate inspired cooking demonstration from Drew Maddison, top pastry chef at Callebaut Chocolate.


Where:
Charlestown Square, Pearson Street, Charlestown. Level 1, near Myer.


When:
Thursday August 4th. Contestant registration will begin at 12.30pm with the competition commencing at at 12:30pm


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