Zucchini Raisin Spice Cake Food

ZUCCHINI SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease one 9x13 inch pan.
• Place grated zucchini in a colander and set aside to drain.
• Whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, white sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and salt in a large bowl until well blended. Beat the eggs, applesauce, oil, and vanilla in a separate bowl until smooth. Fold in the flour mixture, then stir in the zucchini. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 45 to 55 minutes. Allow to cool completely before cutting.

ZUCCHINI SPICE BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In large glass batter bowl, break eggs and stir well with fork. Add sugar,vanilla and oil to eggs and mix again with fork. Measure and sift 1 cup flour, baking soda, salt, baking powder and spices into batter. Stir lightly with fork until mixed. Measure remaining flour into sifter and add to batter. Add broken nut pieces and cinnamon chips, if desired. Mix.
• Spray bundt cake pan with no stick spray and dust lightly with flour. Remove excess flour.
• Pour batter into bundt pan evenly, then bake for 60 minutes. Let cool down to warm before removing from pan.
• Frost if desired, when cool with Cream Cheese Frosting. Sprinkle with broken walnut or pecan pieces for garnish if desired.

RAISIN-ZUCCHINI SPICE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, water, oil and eggs; beat on low speed for 30 seconds. Beat on medium for 2 minutes. Stir in zucchini and raisins. Fill paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. , Bake at 350° for 18-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely. , For frosting, in a small bowl, beat butter until light and fluffy. Beat in the confectioners' sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg and enough milk to achieve a spreading consistency. Frost cupcakes.

ZUCCHINI HONEY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Set oven rack to second lowest position.
• Oil and flour 2 medium or 3 mini loaf pans.
• In a mixing bowl using an electric mixer beat eggs well; add honey and oil, beat until well combined.
• Add zucchini and vanilla, mix.
• Sift dry ingredients, then add to egg mixture.
• Fold in nuts or raisins.
• Pour batter into prepared pan about 3/4 full.
• Bake for about 1 hour or until cake tests done.

RAISIN SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine raisins and water. Cook until plump. Drain and set aside raisins, reserving 10 tablespoons cooking liquid. , In a bowl, cream shortening and sugar. Combine flour, cinnamon, cloves nutmeg and salt; set aside. Combine milk, soda, eggs and reserved cooking liquid. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk mixture to creamed mixture. Stir in cooked raisins. Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. , Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Just before serving, sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.

CHOCOLATE SPICE ZUCCHINI CAKE

Steps:

• Grease and flour a 10-inch fluted tube pan.
• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Stir together flour, baking powder, cocoa, spices, salt and baking soda; set aside.
• In large bowl beat oil and brown sugar till well combined.
• Add eggs and vanilla, blending well.
• Stir in zucchini.
• Stir nuts and raisins into dry mixture and then stir dry into the wet mixture until well mixed.
• Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake 350° 45-50 minutes till it tests done.
• Cool 15 minutes, then turn out and finish cooling on wire rack.
• Serve plain or topped with Cool whip/or whipped cream.

RAISIN SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine raisins and water. Cook until plump. Drain and set aside raisins, reserving 10 tablespoons cooking liquid. In a mixing bowl, cream shortening and sugar. Combine flour, cinnamon, cloves nutmeg and salt; set aside. Combine milk, soda, eggs and reserved cooking liquid. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk mixture to creamed mixture. Stir in cooked raisins. Pour into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 35-40 minutes or until cake test done. Cool on a wire rack. Just before serving, sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.

ZUCCHINI RAISIN SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Best if prepared with food processor:.Process dry ingredients about 10 seconds to blend. Empty into a large mixing bowl. Process nuts until chopped, about 6 seconds. Empty into a small bowl.
• Using grater: Grate unpeeled zucchini, using medium pressure. Empty into a measuring cup and measure loosely packed.
• Steel knife: process eggs with sugar for 1 minute. Do not insert pusher in feed tube. While machine running, Add oil and vanilla through tube. Process about 45 seconds. Add zucchini and process 8-10 seconds. Remove cover and add dry ingredients. SEE NOTE. Process 3 or 4 quick bursts, just until flour disappears. Sprinkle nuts and raisins over batter . Give 1 0r 2 more quick bursts.
• Pour batter into greased and floured 9" by 13" baking pan, or 12-cup Bundt pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 55 to 60 minutes, or until cake tests done. Cool 15 minutes before removing from pan. Can be iced or glazed when cool, but it's great just plain. Keeps very well in fridge and freezes well.
• NOTE: This amount of batter will nearly completely FILL the bowl of standard sized food processors, but probably not overflow. You can add zucchini mixture to dry ingredients in mixing bowl, Mix with wooden spoon until blended then add nuts and raisins, or dates.

ZUCCHINI BARS WITH SPICE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• Mix brown sugar, butter, eggs, and vanilla extract together in a bowl. Stir in flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and cloves. Stir in zucchini and walnuts. Spread batter into the prepared baking pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Allow to cool completely before frosting, about 1 hour.
• Mix frosting with cloves in a bowl. Spread over the zucchini bars.

ZUCCHINI RAISIN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line muffin cups with paper liners.
• Mix flour, salt, nutmeg, baking soda, and baking powder in a mixing bowl.
• Beat egg, sugar, and vegetable oil together in a large bowl. Fold zucchini and raisins into egg mixture until evenly mixed. Stir flour mixture into the wet mixture to make a batter. Divide batter into 12 muffin cups to about 2/3 full.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden and the tops spring back when lightly pressed, about 25 minutes.

SPICE RAISIN CAKE

Steps:

• In a saucepan over medium heat, cook raisins and water until water is absorbed. Transfer to a bowl; add applesauce, oil, egg substitute, sweetener and vanilla. Combine the remaining ingredients; add to applesauce mixture and stir well. Pour into a 9-in. square baking pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.