A delicious blueberry cake with light lemon frosting. People love this dessert because of its fresh fruit flavor and a hidden serving of zucchini that you can't even taste!
How this recipe came about
My coworker made this at a work function and I fell in love with the flavor. I was was astonished when she told me that it was made with zucchini! I had to try and put a recipe together just like it!
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Blueberry Zucchini Cake with Lemon Buttercream Frosting
A delicious blueberry cake with light lemon frosting. People love this dessert because of its fresh fruit flavor and a hidden serving of zucchini that you can't even taste!
Servings: 16
Calories: 422kcal
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Ingredients
Cake
- 2 cups white sugar
- 3 eggs
- ½ cup apple sauce
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 3 cups + 2 tablespoons all purspose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups finely grated zucchini about 2 large zucchini
- 1 pint blueberries
Frosting
- 1 cup butter at room temperature
- 1.75 cups confectioners sugar
- 1 lemon juice and zest
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
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Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Coat blueberries with about 2 tablespoons of flour, set aside.
- Cream sugar, eggs, apple sauce, and vegetable oil together in a stand mixer.
- Slowly add salt, baking powder, and all purpose flour to the mixing batter.;Add vanilla extract then turn off the mixer and fold in grated zucchini and floured blueberries.
- Pour batter into 2, 9 inch pans and bake 35-40 minutes.
- For the frosting, zest and juice the lemon, then set aside. In a stand mixer, cream the butter with salt. Slowly add confectioners sugar until frosting starts to form. Add in the lemon zest, juice, and vanilla extract. You may need a little more or a little less confectioners sugar, depending on your sweet tooth.
- Frost this cake as a naked cake with thick layers of frosting on the top and in between. Bring the cake together by placing frosting in between the two layers of cake and on top of the top layer of cake. Lightly frost the sides of the cake to give it a naked feel.
Notes
Adapted From: Jenni
Nutrition
Calories: 422kcal
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wow these cupcakes look amazing. I want one ????
i think i will try this recipe as it tastes very delicious and plus it is healthy as you only need to bake it.
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Ross Alisha
Great recipe, very yummy!
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rose martine
Thank you Rose Martine!