Zucchini Cake Food

ZUCCHINI CAKES

Steps:

• Grate the zucchini, place into paper towels and squeeze to release the excess water.
• Combine all ingredients, except olive oil, in a bowl and mix thoroughly. Using a heaping tablespoon form the mixture into 8 patties.
• Heat olive oil in a pan over medium heat. Once heated, add patties and cook until golden brown, about 3-4 minutes per side.
• Serve.

ZUCCHINI CAKE I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Lightly grease and flour three 9-inch round cake pans.
• In a medium bowl combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, white sugar, and salt. Mix well.
• In another bowl, beat eggs, vegetable oil, and 1 teaspoon vanilla together. Pour into egg mixture into the flour mixture and mix well. Stir in the shredded zucchini. Pour batter into prepared pans.
• Bake in preheated oven until a tester inserted into each layer comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Allow cakes to cool in pans for 10 minutes, then invert onto a wire rack and allow to cool completely.
• To Make Frosting: Beat cream cheese and butter until smooth. Add the confectioner's sugar, a little at a time, and beat until smooth. Stir in 2 teaspoons vanilla. Spread between cake layers and stack to make a 3-layer cake.

ZUCCHINI CAKE

Steps:

• For the cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9-by-13-inch pan.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, granulated sugar, pecans, coconut, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg and ginger. In another bowl, whisk together the oil, milk, vanilla and eggs and stir in the grated zucchini. Fold this into the dry ingredients. The batter will be stiff and dry but keep folding it and it will all come together. If it still seems too dry, just add a little more milk.
• Spread the batter into the prepared pan. Bake until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out with moist crumbs and the cake is pulling away from the sides of the pan, about 20 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack.
• For the frosting: Beat the cream cheese and butter in a large bowl with a mixer at medium speed until smooth. Beat in the powdered sugar and vanilla just until smooth. Add the milk if necessary.
• Spread the frosting over the top of the cooled cake. Garnish with chopped pecans.

CHOCOLATE ZUCCHINI CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F. Butter and flour 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan. Sift flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt into medium bowl. Beat sugar, butter and oil in large bowl until well blended. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla extract. Mix in dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk in 3 additions each. Mix in grated zucchini. Pour batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle chocolate chips and nuts over.
• Bake cake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 50 minutes. Cool cake completely in pan.

ZUCCHINI CAKES

Steps:

• Trim the ends off the zucchini, then shred them into a colander, using the large holes of a box grater. (You'll need about 4 cups shredded zucchini.)
• Sprinkle the zucchini shreds with salt, toss well and set in the sink for 15 minutes to drain.
• Rinse the zucchini shreds under cool water in the colander. Then pick up handfuls and squeeze them over the sink to get rid of almost all of the moisture. Set the shreds in a large bowl.
• Grate the onion into the bowl using the large holes of the box grater.
• Stir in the ricotta, whole-wheat flour, egg, paprika, dill and pepper, just until the mixture is uniform and there are no streaks of dry flour anywhere.
• Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Swirl in the oil, then use a 1/2-cup measuring cup to scoop up the zucchini mixture and plop it into the skillet, scraping out any mixture left in the cup. Flatten the mixture into a thick cake with the bottom of the cup and continue making more.
• Cook until lightly browned, about 4 minutes, then turn them with a large spatula and continue cooking until lightly browned on the other side and a little firm to the touch, about 4 more minutes. If you can't fit all six into your skillet, you'll need a little more oil for the second batch.

CHOCOLATE AND ZUCCHINI CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 350°F and grease a 10-inch springform pan with butter or oil.
• 2. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. In a food processor, process the sugar and butter until creamy (you can also do this by hand, armed with a sturdy spatula). Add the vanilla, coffee granules, and eggs, mixing well between each addition.
• 3. Reserve a cup of the flour mixture and add the rest to the egg mixture. Mix until just combined; the batter will be thick.
• 4. Add the zucchini and chocolate chips to the reserved flour mixture and toss to coat. Fold into the batter and blend with a wooden spoon-don't overmix. Pour into the prepared cake pan and level the surface with a spatula.
• 5. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes, until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Transfer to a rack to cool for 10 minutes, run a knife around the pan to loosen the cake, and unclasp the sides of the pan. Let cool to room temperature before serving.
• Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar, glaze with melted chocolate, or decorate with a few slices of raw zucchini (you don't have to eat them, though).

ZUCCHINI CAKE

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, mix oil, eggs and vanilla; add to flour mixture and beat. Add zucchini; mix well. Fold in nuts. Pour into three well-greased 9-in. round baking pans. , Bake at 325° for 30-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. , For frosting, beat cream cheese and butter; blend in sugar and vanilla. Beat until smooth. Frost between layers and top and sides of cake.

ZUCCHINI CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Beat eggs, sugar and oil.
• Add sifted dry ingredients, zucchini, carrots, nuts and vanilla.
• Pour into a greased Bundt pan. Bake at 350 deg. for 45 min to 1 hour. The top will be golden and may crack a little -- that's okay!
• Let cool and sprinkle with powdered sugar.