Blue Ribbon Zucchini Cake Recipes

DEE'S BLUE RIBBON ZUCCHINI CAKE/BREAD

Steps:

• Slice, seed and coarsely grate 2 to 4 large zucchini.
• Place about a handful or two of the grated zucchini into cheesecloth, or a clean cotton dish towel (do not use a terry cloth dish towel), and squeeze it until very dry; repeat with the remaining grated zucchini.
• Measure out 2 well packed cups of the prepared zucchini for the recipe.
• Grease and flour a 12 cup bundt pan (or two 8x4-inch loaf pans).
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a bowl, sift together the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, salt, and baking soda.
• In a large bowl, beat eggs until light.
• Gradually add sugar, and continue beating until thick and lemon colored.
• Continue beating egg/sugar mixture, while adding the oil in a thin stream, beat until all is well blended.
• By hand, stir in vanilla, zucchini, nuts and raisins.
• Add the sifted dry ingredients, and stir until well mixed.
• Pour batter into prepared pan(s).
• Bake at 350°F for 60 to 75 minutes or until a cake tester (or wooden toothpick) inserted into the center comes out clean.
• Remove from oven and place pan(s) on wire rack to cool.
• Let cool in the pan(s) for about 5 minutes, remove cake from pan(s) and return the cake to the wire rack to continue cooling.
• Cake should be completely cooled before slicing.

ZUCCHINI CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9 x 13 inch baking dish.
• 2. In a medium bowl whisk together flour, sugar, brown sugar, salt, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice. In a separate large bowl stir together grated zucchini, vegetable oil, eggs and vanilla extract. Add the flour mixture to the zucchini mixture in several intervals mixing just until combined. Fold in the chopped walnuts.
• 3. Pour batter into prepared baking dish. Bake for 40-55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean or with moist crumbs. Do not over-bake; start checking at 40 minutes and every 5 minutes thereafter. Cool completely.
• 4. Using a mixer beat together the cream cheese, butter, brown sugar and vanilla until light, fluffy and smooth. Then spread on the fully cooled cake. This cake needs to be refrigerated because of the cream cheese frosting.

BLUE RIBBON ZUCCHINI CARROT APPLE BREAD RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 2 8x4" loaf pans or one Bundt pan. (This recipe can also make 18 to 24 muffins.) Place pans on parchment paper-lined baking sheet. In mixer bowl, blend sugar, butter or oil, eggs, orange juice and vanilla. In medium bowl, stir together flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and cloves. Fold dry ingredients into wet batter along with shredded carrots, zucchini, raisins, apples and walnuts. Spoon into prepared pans(s). Bake until done, about 1 hour, or until loaves spring back when gently touched with fingertips. Cool to room temperature before icing. *Cream Cheese Drip Frosting:* Place cream cheese, butter and most of confectioner's sugar in food processor or mixer bowl. Blend, adding more of confectioners' sugar and drizzling in a bit of orange juice to make soft, fluffy topping. Add more confectioners' sugar if required (or orange juice to loose, if necessary). Frost top of loaf or cake (if frost is soft enough, it will drip down sides), and garnish with shredded carrots and dusting of cinnamon before serving.

STREUSELED ZUCCHINI BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat the zucchini, yogurt, sugar, egg whites, oil, egg and 3 teaspoons vanilla until well blended. In a small bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into zucchini mixture until blended., Coat a 10-in. fluted tube pan with cooking spray; sprinkle with bread crumbs. Pour a third of the batter into pan. Combine brown sugar, walnuts, raisins, cinnamon and allspice; sprinkle half over batter. Top with another third of the batter. Sprinkle with remaining brown sugar mixture; top with remaining batter. , Bake at 350° for 55-65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. , In a small bowl, combine confectioners' sugar, remaining vanilla and enough milk to achieve desired consistency; drizzle over cake.

LEMON ZUCCHINI CAKE WITH LEMON CREAM CHEESE FROST

Steps:

• 1. Mix all cake ingredients on low speed for 3 minutes.
• 2. Pour into prepared 9x13" baking pan. Bake @ 325F for 40 minutes.
• 3. Remove cake from oven & let cool completely. Meanwhile, prepare frosting.
• 4. Cream together butter & cream cheese. Add powdered sugar & mix well. Add lemon juice & zest and mix to combine.
• 5. Frost cooled cake and garnish with lemon if desired.

BLUE RIBBON ZUCCHINI NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
• Sift together plain flour, cinnamon, baking soda, salt and baking powder.
• Beat eggs well.
• Gradually add sugar and oil, beat together well.
• Add vanilla and dry ingredients from above blend well.
• Stir in the zucchini.
• Combine walnuts and 1 tsp of flour, stir this into the batter.
• Pour batter between two 2 greased (I use baking paper) 8 1/2" x 4 1/2" x 2 1/2" loaf tins.
• Bake for 1 hour or till tests done (skewer poked in the middle comes out clean).
• Cool in tins on racks for 10 minutes before removing from tins, cool on racks.