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    Home » Top Amish Recipes » Pies, Cakes & Breads

    Carmon's County Fair: Prize-Winning Zucchini Cake

    Published: Aug 12, 2015 · Updated: Jul 28, 2017 by Kevin Williams | 1 Comment

    By Kevin Williams

    I wanted to share another award-winning recipe from my friend Carmon Hacker since it is deep into zucchini season.  My gosh, to think a zucchini could be made into something so deliciously looking gorgeous.

    I hope everyone has enjoyed this 3-part county fair recipe series from Carmon.  Thank you Carmon for sharing your recipes and beautiful photos!   This cake has captured a ribbon in the fair's competitive cake category.  Man, it looks good!

    Carmon's amazing zucchini cake!

    Carmon's amazing zucchini cake!

     

    Carmon's County Fair: Prize-Winning Zucchini Cake
     
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    Prep time
    30 mins
    Cook time
    25 mins
    Total time
    55 mins
     
    Serves: 1 cake
    Ingredients
    • 3 cups all-purpose flour
    • 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
    • 1 teaspoon each cinnamon, salt and baking powder
    • ¾ teaspoon baking soda
    • 3 eggs
    • 1 cup oil
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla
    • 2 cups unpeeled zucchini, shredded
    • ⅔ cup cinnamon applesauce
    • ½ cup chopped walnuts
    Instructions
    1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
    2. Grease and flour 3 8-inch cake pans.
    3. Mix eggs, oil and vanilla
    4. In small bowl. In a large bowl, combine all dry ingredients. Add eggs and oil to dry ingredients and mix well.
    5. Next, add zucchini and applesauce and mix. Finally, fold in nuts.
    6. Distribute as evenly as possible in prepared cake pans.
    7. Bake two layers together, then the third layer. Baking time will
    8. be about 25 minutes, just until the center of cake springs back when touched lightly with finger.
    9. Cool layers in pan about 10 minutes before turning them out onto plate.
    10. Place potholder under
    11. plates and allow layers to cool completely before frosting in between and top of layers with
    12. cream cheese frosting. If desired decorate top with halves or pieces of walnuts.
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    Carmon's Cream Cheese Frosting

    8-ounce brick of cream cheese, softened

    ½ cup (1 stick) butter, softened

    1 tsp. vanilla

    ¼ teaspoon salt

    4-5 cups confectioner’s sugar

    Combine cream cheese and butter in mixing bowl, along with vanilla and salt. Mix on low for

    about 2-3 minutes, until thoroughly combined. Add confectioner’s sugar ½ cup at a time,

    beating well after each addition and continuing to mix on low. When icing is a thick, creamy

    consistency, go ahead and spread it on cake. I have found that the icing maintains a better

    consistency when you do not add milk to it.

     

     

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    About Kevin Williams

    Hi, my name is Kevin Williams and I am owner of Oasis Newsfeatures and editor of The Amish Cook newspaper column.

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    1. Rebecca wellington

      August 12, 2015 at 5:10 pm

      this cake is wonderful!!' I love it. Becky

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