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Zucchini Cake Recipe

sliced zucchini cake with cream cheese icing

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Ingredients

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  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 salt
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1/3 cup oil (light olive oil, or other vegetable oil)
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup shredded zucchini
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts

Frosting: 

  • 3 oz. cream cheese
  • 2 Tablespoons butter
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 1/2 cup powdered sugar

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350º
  2. Combine flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon in a small bowl. Mix well, and set aside. 
  3. In a large bowl, whisk oil, sugar, eggs, and vanilla together. 
  4. Stir in zucchini.
  5. Stir in flour mixture.
  6. Lastly, mix in pecans if using them.
  7. Pour into a greased and floured, or parchment paper-lined 8×8 baking pan.
  8. Bake in center of oven for 25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
  9. Remove from oven and let rest ten minutes. 
  10. Loosen cake from edges of pan with a butterknife, and turn onto a wire rack to finish cooling. 
  11. When cake is cool, beat icing ingredients together, and spread over cake. 
  12. Sprinkle with pecans if desired. 
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