Orange Poppy Seed Zucchini Cake

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This orange poppy seed zucchini cake recipe is delicious with or without glaze. Wonderful bursts of citrus permeate this quick bread that takes no time at all to make. The rich batter fills an entire 8x12-inch pan and uses up wonderful garden zucchini that is overflowing gardens during the fall. It freezes extremely well.

Prep
31 min
Cook
30 min
Servings
Difficulty
Hard

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Coat an 8x12-inch baking pan with cooking spray.
  2. 2 Whisk flour, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, baking powder, cloves, nutmeg, and ginger together in a bowl; set aside.
  3. 3 Beat eggs in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth; beat in white sugar and brown sugar until incorporated. Mix in vegetable oil; gradually beat in flour mixture until batter is smooth. Stir in orange zest; fold in zucchini, dried fruit, and poppy seeds. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
  4. 4 Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean, 45 to 55 minutes. Cool in the pan, about 10 minutes.
  5. 5 Mix confectioners' sugar and orange juice together in a small bowl; set glaze aside.
  6. 6 Prick cake all over with a fork; drizzle glaze on top. Cool cake completely before serving, about 30 minutes.

Nutrition per serving

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