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21 ratings · 33 minutes · Vegetarian · Serves 12 Pineapple Zucchini Sheet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting | Tasty Kitchen: A Happy Recipe Community!Pineapple Zucchini Sheet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting | Tasty Kitchen: A Happy Recipe Community!
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Rummaging through my mother's old recipe file recently, I stumbled upon a photocopy of a handwritten recipe for zucchini cake. The recipe is in my grandmother's hand, my dad's mom. She was the baker in the family (a title now passed on to my father). She moved from St. Paul to live with us in Los Angeles when I was four. Mom, being rather busy with all the kids (6 kids in 8 years!) and working as a head start teacher, didn't have much time for crafts or baking. Elise BauerIt was grandma who taught me to sew, to knit and crochet, and to bake. She made cherry pies, angel food cakes, apricot jam, and the best oatmeal raisin cookies. We fought for the rights to lick the batter bowl of whatever cake she happened to be making. When we moved to Sacramento, she would send my mother recipe clippings and notes. I think that's how we must have ended up with this recipe for zucchini cake. It's a lot like zucchini bread, moist and somewhat crumbly, but in sheet cake form, with more egg and sugar, and with a cream cheese frosting. Great for summer potlucks! Elise BauerThe frosting amount assumes that you are going to keep the cake in the pan and only frost the top. If you plan on removing the cake from the pan and frosting the sides, you'll want to up the frosting amounts. Cake:
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Links: Zucchini cake with crunchy lemon glaze from David Lebovitz Spiced zucchini cake from My Baking Addiction Elise BauerIt's so eerie to look at my grandmother's notes. She mentions that "black walnuts are good". Black walnuts are pretty hard to find, but there was a black walnut tree on our block that she and I would pass on the way to the grocery store. If there were any nuts on the ground, she would gather them and we would crack them open with a hammer when we got home. Her hand got shakier as she got older. By her 90s she had the symptoms of Parkinson's. There's a more recent note to my sister advising her to drain the zucchini, where her handwriting is noticeably more wobbly.
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Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate. In cases where multiple ingredient alternatives are given, the first listed is calculated for nutrition. Garnishes and optional ingredients are not included. Do you take the seeds out of zucchini when making cake?Removing the seeds is usually not necessary. If you notice the seeds are large and may affect your recipe, you can cut the squash in half and use a spoon to scoop out the seeds. Is large or small zucchini better for shredding?
How do you make a flat sheet cake?Most cake recipes call for setting the oven at 350°F. Instead, drop the temperature to 325°F. Lowering the oven temperature slows the rise in the leavening agent, so instead of the dreaded dome, you'll get cake with a beautiful flat top. Do keep in mind that the lower temperature will require a longer bake time.
How many calories are in a zucchini cake?There are 331 calories in 1 piece (1/10 of 1-layer, 8" or 9" dia) of Zucchini Cake. * The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet.
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