10 Zucchini Cake Recipes for Peak Season, Carrot-Zucchini Cake, Chocolate Swirl Zucchini Sheet Cake.
10 Zucchini Cake Recipes for Peak Season
Late summer means one thing: lots and lots of zucchini. Although garden zucchini knows no bounds when it comes to production, the summer squash itself is extremely versatile and can be used in any meal, even (and especially) dessert. When mixed into homemade cake, zucchini adds an unrivaled moisture without affecting the texture, making it the perfect disguise for your bounty. Lemon, chocolate, spices, and even oranges add a flavor to these zucchini cakes that perfectly complement their texture.
Carrot-Zucchini Cake
three-layered carrot and zucchini cake on a plate
Carrots and zucchini may seem like an odd flavor pairing, but look at it this way: They both lend themselves well to cakes, especially when they're paired with spices, nuts, and cream cheese. This Carrot-Zucchini Cake, then, takes the best qualities from each vegetable, making it a must-share recipe.
Chocolate Swirl Zucchini Sheet Cake
The cream cheese swirl atop this sheet cake adds a rich twist to chocolate zucchini cake. However, creator Linda has experimented with other toppings and flavors and encourages you to follow suit. This recipe is simple and will equally be loved at parties and picnics.
Zucchini Cake IV
This simple, yet beautiful zucchini cake is the only zucchini cake you'll ever need. Mix in ingredients like baking chips and dried cranberries to add extra sweetness and jewel tones to your loaves. This recipe also freezes well, which means you can always save a loaf for the future.
Zucchini Cake with Cream Cheese Applesauce Icing
Zucchini cake and cream cheese are a classic pairing, but adding cinnamon-flavored applesauce to the icing takes the sweetness up a notch. If you're not a fan of overly sweet foods, you can forego the icing or drizzle it on more like a glaze instead of spreading it over the entire cake.
Lemon-Zucchini Texas Sheet Cake
If you're sick of chocolate zucchini cake, give this lemony sheet cake a try. The lemon flavor here is subtle and comparable to, as reviewer Tanya Johnson says, lemon Froot Loops. It's super soft and moist on the inside with crispy edges and tastes great glazed, plain, or simply dusted with powdered sugar.
Zucchini Cake I
Any fan of carrot cake will enjoy this zucchini cake, which replicates its flavor profile while bringing on the moisture. I loved how easy this cake was to make and my family loved to eat it, says reviewer LSBUI. My youngest son who will not eat zucchini devoured this cake faster than anybody!