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Zucchini Cake Recipe

Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time45 minutes
Total Time55 minutes
Servings: 12 people

Ingredients

  • 2 Cups of Shredded zucchini from about 3 to 4 zucchinis
  • 2 Cups of All purpose flour
  • 2 Cups of granulated sugar
  • 1 Cup of chopped walnuts
  • ¾ Cup of Vegetable oil
  • 3 Eggs
  • 2 Teaspoon of Cinnamon
  • 2 Teaspoons of Baking soda
  • 1 Teaspoon of Vanilla extract
  • 1 Teaspoon of Salt
  • ¼ Teaspoon of Baking powder
  • Homemade cream cheese frosting

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit
  • Prep zucchinis: Grate the zucchinis and place them in a strainer. Then take your hands and push down on the grated zucchini in order to squeeze out the excess moisture.
  • Make the batter: Get out two large mixing bowl and add to one the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and salt (these are our dry ingredients). In another bowl beat up eggs until they are frothy, and then add to those eggs the sugar, vanilla extract, and vegetable oil mixing these ingredients together (these are our wet ingredients). Then slowly pour the dry ingredients over the liquid ingredients, and combine these two together in order to make the batter. Finally add the shredded zucchini, and chopped walnuts folding them into the batter.
  • Bake the cake: Get out a 9 x 13 baking pan, and grease it either with some butter, or a spray such as PAM (I recommend the butter as it makes the final product taste better). Then pour the cake batter into this greased pan and place this in your preheated oven. Let the cake bake in your oven for about 40 minutes, or until it passes the toothpick test*. Once the cake has been fully cooked take it out of the oven and let the cake cool down for about an hour.
    *The toothpick test is when you stick a toothpick into a finished cake to see if it has cooked through. If the toothpick comes out with cake batter then it isn’t fully cooked, if it comes out clean, then it is fully cooked.
  • Frost the cake: Once the cake has become cool to the touch, use an offset spatula to spread the cream cheese frosting in an even layer over the top of the cake. Then place the finished cake in your fridge until you are ready to eat it.

Notes

Follow this link for the homemade cream cheese frosting
https://homecooksclassroom.com/homemade-cream-cheese-frosting/