Recipe: Yummy Whole Grain Carrot- Zucchini Cake

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Recipe: Yummy Whole Grain Carrot- Zucchini Cake Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Whole Grain Carrot- Zucchini Cake. · Healthy chocolate zucchini muffins made with whole wheat flour and no butter or refined sugars. You're going to love these healthy chocolate muffins! · Carrot Cake Muffins-the great flavor of Carrot Cake in a muffin! This whole wheat carrot cake is made healthier with whole grains and less sugar!

This Low-Sugar and Whole Wheat Garden Harvest Cake with Zucchini, Apple, and Add grated apple, grated carrot, grated zucchini, and chopped pecans to the bowl with the flour mixture.

I used my breadmaker and a combination of whole grain flours, a pear instead of an apple, raw sunflower.

This carrot cake is packed full of fresh, nutritious goodness and bursting with delicious flavors such sweet carrots, orange, lemon, ginger Of course, carrot cake wouldn't be complete without a frosting.

You can cook Whole Grain Carrot- Zucchini Cake using 22 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Whole Grain Carrot- Zucchini Cake

  1. Prepare 2 cups of whole grain flour.

  2. Prepare 1 tsp of baking powder.

  3. You need 1 tsp of baking soda.

  4. Prepare 1/2 tsp of salt.

  5. You need 1 tsp of cinnamon*.

  6. Prepare 1/4 tsp of ground nutmeg.

  7. It’s 3/4 cup of oil.

  8. It’s 3/4 cup of sugar.

  9. You need 1/2 cup of brown sugar.

  10. It’s 2 of eggs.

  11. It’s 1/2 cup of shredded zucchini.

  12. It’s 1 cup of shredded carrot.

  13. It’s 2 tsp of vanilla extract.

  14. You need 1 tbsp of natural greek yogurt.

  15. You need 1 tbsp of orange zest.

  16. You need of you can add 1/4 tsp of ground ginger and 1/4 tsp all spice.

  17. You need of Cream cheese frosting.

  18. Prepare 1 package of cream cheese, soften. 8 oz.

  19. Prepare 1 of butter stick or 1/2 cup butter.

  20. Prepare 1 1/2 cup of powdered sugar.

  21. It’s 1 tsp of vanilla extract.

  22. You need 1 tsp of orange zest.

The frosting is a combination of soaked cashew, coconut oil, coconut nectar, and a dash of vanilla.

Zucchini makes a brilliant addition to carrot cake, adding a verdant note to the sweet carrot.

I love that it uses both carrots and zucchini and whole wheat.

I love carrot cake and was intrigued by the inclusion of zucchini, but as sheet cakes are pointless I doubled the recipe.

Whole Grain Carrot- Zucchini Cake step by step

  1. Mix dry ingredients:Flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and spices..

  2. Separately, mix wet ingredients: oil, eggs, sugars, greek yogurt, zucchini, orange zest, carrot, and vanilla extract until well mix..

  3. Combine flour and dry ingredients to wet ingredients until well incorporated..

  4. Put mixture in a greased pan.

  5. Bake for 1 hour at 350 F or until golden on top and a toothpick comes out dry from the center..

  6. For the frosting, mix all the ingredients. Apply when the cake has cooled down..

An extremely moist cake that I guarantee will become your absolute favorite zucchini cake!

I got this recipe many years ago from a local hometown newspaper that used to run a special section once a year with Add sifted dry ingredients, zucchini, carrots, nuts and vanilla.

Pour into a greased Bundt pan.

While it's still what you might call a 'sometimes' food, this cake is higher in fibre and lower in added sugar than most pre-made options.

A carrot cake loaf that's wholesome enough to enjoy for breakfast?!