Chocolate-Zucchini Bread

Food Network Kitchen · foodnetwork.com · 2018 · 8

Against 243 zucchini bread recipes

More fat than 96% of recipes and less leavening than 95%.

How it compares

Against the typical loaf: the median of 243 zucchini bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.

More fat than 96% of recipes: 90% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 52%.
Less leavening than 95% of recipes: 1.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.3%.
Less egg than 89% of recipes: 32% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 44%.
No spice at all, where 68% of recipes use some (most of those 1.2 to 2.1% of the flour weight).

Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus more for buttering the pan≈ 114 g
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting the pan≈ 156 g
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder (not Dutch process)≈ 11 g
1/2 teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
1/4 teaspoon fine salt≈ 1.5 g
3/4 cup sugar≈ 150 g
2 tablespoons vegetable oil≈ 27 g
1 large egg, at room temperature≈ 50 g
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
1/4 cup buttermilk, at room temperature≈ 61 g
1 cup shredded zucchini (about 8 ounces)≈ 124 g
2 ounces semisweet chocolate, finely chopped57 g

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

flour 156 gbatter 758 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 243 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

Nearest by baker's percentages: zucchini, sugar, fat, egg, spice, leavening, salt.