BOMB DIGGITY Zucchini Spice Cake
Other Zucchini Recipes
I love using zucchini in recipes! Zucchini is such a cheap vegetable to buy and it is super easy to grow in your garden! Another zucchini recipe I love is my Harvest Time Meatballs and Baked Zucchini Chips!
Cream Cheese Frosting
Cream cheese frosting is what gives this cake life! The cake itself is super moist and flavorful because of the spices and the shredded zucchini. But, top it with cream cheese frosting and your taste buds will be taken on a journey! Of deliciousness!
I have included my staple recipe for cream cheese frosting in the recipe below so make sure to check that out! You won’t want to skip it!
Zucchini Spice Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
What You’ll Need
INGREDIENTS
3 eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup applesauce
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 1/2 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
2 cups shredded zucchini
Frosting:
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
1/4 cup butter (softened)
3 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
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Zucchini Spice Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
THE BEST Zucchini Spice Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting! This recipe is the perfect fall treat! It’s basically a delicious cinnamon zucchini bread with a thick cream cheese frosting spread over the top!
Ingredients
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup applesauce
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 2 cups shredded zucchini, with the water squeezed out
- Frosting:
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
- 1/4 cup butter (softened)
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9 x 13 inch baking pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- Beat eggs, vegetable oil, applesauce, sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla together in a large bowl.
- Add in flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg and mix well.
- Fold in zucchini and stir until completely mixed in.
- Pour batter into prepared 9 x 13 inch pan.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- While the cake cools, mix together frosting ingredients and spread over the top of the cooled cake.
- If desired, sprinkle the top of the cake with cinnamon and sugar.
