Zucchini Spice Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting.
This is a delicious and moist zucchini cake with cream cheese frosting that your guests will love. Vegan and gluten free.
Ingredients
- 2 cups white spelt flour *You can use all purpose flour or gluten free flour blend
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- ⅓ teaspoon ginger
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup coconut sugar brown sugar is okay
- ⅓ cup canola oil or melted vegan buttery spread
- 3 Tablespoons unsweetened applesauce
- 1 cup grated zucchini about 1.5 small zucchini, if using GF flour, use ¾ cup zucchini
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon white vinegar
- ⅜ cup water
For the frosting:
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 4 ounces Daiya brand vegan cream cheese softened
- 4 Tablespoons buttery spread softened
- cinnamon sugar on top
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. In a large bowl, combine the grated zucchini, unsweetened applesauce, canola oil, water, vanilla extract, and vinegar. Stir well.
- Add the sugars and stir to combine. Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon, and ginger. Mix well.
- Pour batter into an 8x8 inch square pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 30-3 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- Let cake cool completely, then make frosting.
- In a mixing bowl whip the Daiya cream cheese and the vegan buttery spread. Sift in the powdered sugar. Mix until very smooth.
- Frost the cooled cake and then dust with cinnamon sugar. Store leftover cake in the refrigerator.
Notes
Store leftover cake in the refrigerator for 3-4 days.
If you don't want to make the frosting, you can just dust this cake with a little powdered sugar.
This recipe makes 9 pieces of cake. Nutrition facts are for one piece of frosted cake.
You can use a gluten free flour blend if you need this recipe to be gluten free.
You can use regular butter and cream cheese if you are not dairy free.
Nutrition
Calories: 435kcalCarbohydrates: 67gProtein: 4gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 2gSodium: 360mgPotassium: 58mgFiber: 4gSugar: 44gVitamin A: 265IUVitamin C: 2.5mgCalcium: 23mgIron: 1.5mg
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