Name: Zucchini Cake with Cream Cheese Applesauce Icing
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 24
Ingredients: Eggs - 3; Vegetable oil - 1 cup; White sugar - 2 cups; Vanilla extract - 2 teaspoons; All-purpose flour - 2 ⅓ cups; Baking powder - ¼ teaspoon; Baking soda - 2 teaspoons; Salt - 1 teaspoon; Shredded zucchini, squeezed dry - 2 cups; Cream cheese, softened - 1 (8 ounce) package; Butter, softened - 3 tablespoons; Cinnamon-flavored applesauce - ½ cup; Ground nutmeg - 1 teaspoon; Confectioners' sugar, or to taste - 2 cups

Zucchini Cake with Cream Cheese Applesauce Icing

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15 min.

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Ingredients for - Zucchini Cake with Cream Cheese Applesauce Icing

1. Eggs - 3

2. Vegetable oil - 1 cup

3. White sugar - 2 cups

4. Vanilla extract - 2 teaspoons

5. All-purpose flour - 2 ⅓ cups

6. Baking powder - ¼ teaspoon

7. Baking soda - 2 teaspoons

8. Salt - 1 teaspoon

9. Shredded zucchini, squeezed dry - 2 cups

10. Cream cheese, softened - 1 (8 ounce) package

11. Butter, softened - 3 tablespoons

12. Cinnamon-flavored applesauce - ½ cup

13. Ground nutmeg - 1 teaspoon

14. Confectioners' sugar, or to taste - 2 cups

How to cook deliciously - Zucchini Cake with Cream Cheese Applesauce Icing

1. Stage

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.

2. Stage

Beat eggs, vegetable oil, white sugar, and vanilla extract in a large bowl until thoroughly combined. Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl. Stir the flour mixture into the wet ingredients and mix in zucchini. Transfer batter to the prepared baking dish.

3. Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until the cake is lightly browned and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with moist crumbs, about 40 minutes. Let cool completely.

4. Stage

Beat cream cheese and butter in a bowl until smooth; stir in applesauce and nutmeg. Mix in confectioners' sugar until the frosting is smooth and workable; spread on cooled zucchini cake.