Healthy Zucchini Cake
This zucchini cake is moist, tender, delicious, and actually healthy! Serve it for a healthy breakfast or dessert. Everyone in your home will love it and no one will guess it's vegan and gluten-free friendly.
Equipment
- medium mixing bowl
- rectangular metal loaf pan, round cake pan, or 8x8 square pan
- small mixing bowl
- fork or whisk for mixing
Ingredients
Zucchini Cake Ingredients
- 1 cup unsweetened almond or oat milk
- ½ cup melted vegan butter or coconut oil
- 2 tablespoon flax seed meal
- 4 tablespoon warm water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup grated zucchini
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon cloves
- ⅛ teaspoon nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup organic cane sugar or ⅓ cup purecane sugar substitute
- 1 cup quick oats
- 1 cup regular or gluten free all purpose flour
Vegan Cream Cheese Icing
- 1 cup powdered sugar or purecane powdered sugar substitute
- 2 tablespoon softened vegan butter
- 1 tablespoon vegan cream cheese
Instructions
Zucchini Cake Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375. Prepare the flax eggs by mixing the flax seed meal and warm water together in a small bowl. Set aside for 2 minutes or until a thick gel forms.
- In a medium mixing bowl, mix the almond or oat milk, melted vegan butter, flax eggs, vanilla, grated zucchini, sugar, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and sugar together. Add the oats and flour and mix until a thick batter forms. Transfer the batter into a greased metal loaf or cake pan and bake in the oven for about 40 minutes for a loaf or 30 for a round or square pan.
- While the zucchini cake is baking, prepare the icing by using an electric hand mixer to mix the powdered sugar, softened vegan butter, and vegan cream cheese together. To make the icing thinner, add 1 tablespoon of almond or oat milk.
- Once the zucchini cake is done baking, let it cool. Carefully remove it from the loaf pan or cake pan and set it onto a platter. Alternatively, you can leave the zucchini cake in the pan. Drizzle or spread the icing over the top of the loaf once it's cooled for a few minutes. Slice and serve.
Nutrition
Serving: 1sliceCalories: 245kcalCarbohydrates: 39gProtein: 3gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 20mgSodium: 270mgPotassium: 64mgFiber: 2gSugar: 27gVitamin A: 257IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 63mgIron: 1mg
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