Vegan Zucchini Cake Recipes

VEGAN ZUCCHINI CAKE

Steps:

• In a medium sized mixing bowl, combine zucchini, bananas, oil, and vanilla.
• Stir well or beat with electric mixer if you want to be fancy.
• In a large bowl, combine all remaining ingredients, except chocolate chips or walnuts.
• Add wet mixture to dry, mix well and add chocolate chips or walnuts.
• Pour into lightly greased and floured bundt pan.
• Bake at 350 for 45-60 minutes, until toothpick or knife inserted comes out clean.
• Let cool upright 15 minutes, then invert onto cooling rack.
• Allow to cool 30 minutes before tasting.
• Enjoy!

ZUCCHINI CORN CAKES {VEGAN}

Steps:

• Begin with making the "flax egg". Combine 1 Tbl of ground flax seed to 3 Tbl of water. Mix well and place in the refrigerator. 15 minutes minimum.
• Using a grater or food processor with the grating attachment, process the zucchini and onion together. Transfer to a large bowl and fold in the corn.
• To the zucchini and corn mixture, add the cornmeal, flour, salt and pepper, vegan parmesan (or nutritional yeast), the flax "egg" mixture and non-dairy milk. Combine well and set aside.
• Meanwhile, heat a large skillet on high heat. Add a small amount of oil.
• We used a mini scoop to get these small patties, but you could make them larger with an ice cream scoop or just use a spoon. It's a dense mixture, so flatten them slightly before flipping.
• Allow to get golden brown on both sides and cooked through.
• While they are cooking, combine all ingredients for the dipping sauce. Taste for seasoning.
• Remove the cooked patties to a paper towel to drain and immediately season with salt while still hot. Finish the remaining patties.
• Serve warm.
• Makes about 20 mini or 8-10 large.

VEGAN ZUCCHINI FRITTERS

Steps:

• Grate the zucchini and then add it to a mixing bowl. Sprinkle over the salt and mix in. Then leave it for 10 minutes. The salt will help release the excess water from the zucchini. Then use your hands to squeeze the zucchini and drain off excess water. Place the squeezed zucchini into another bowl and leave the water behind.
• Once the squeezed zucchini is in a fresh mixing bowl, add in the flour, nutritional yeast, baking powder, crushed garlic and chopped spring onions and mix together. It will be very crumbly.*
• Add in the melted vegan butter and mix into a thick batter.
• Preheat the oven to 210°F (100°C) and place some parchment paper over a grill rack on a baking tray. This is where you'll place your fritters to keep them warm.
• Add 1 Tbsp of olive oil to a frying pan and let it get hot. Once hot, use an ice cream scoop/cookie scoop to scoop out even sized amounts of batter into the frying pan. If you don't have a cookie scoop just use around 1/4 cup for each fritter. Use your spatula to press it down from the top and flatten. Depending on the size of your pan you can cook a few at a time. I was able to do 4 at a time.
• Let it cook for a few minutes and then flip over - around 3 minutes per side. When both sides are nicely browned, then transfer your cooked fritters to the baking tray in the warmed oven to stay warm.
• Add the remaining Tbsp of olive oil to the frying pan and repeat with your next batch.
• Serve with vegan sour cream and chopped spring onions.

VEGAN ZUCCHINI BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Line a 9x5-inch loaf pan with parchment paper. Slightly oil paper. Set aside.
• First, cut and discard the extremities of zucchinis. Peel half of the skin or all of it, as you prefer. Grate the zucchinis on the smaller blade of your food processor or hand grater.
• Place the shredded zucchinis in a clean kitchen towel and wrap, squeeze until all the zucchinis water has been extracted. Discard zucchini water.
• Pack the shredded, drained zucchinis in a measuring cup to measure 1 cup. Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, whisk olive oil, almond milk, apple sauce, cane sugar, and brown sugar.
• Stir in shredded, drained shredded zucchinis, chopped nuts, and spices: cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and salt.
• In another bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and chopped pecans.
• Gently stir in the dry ingredients into the wet, until just combined, don't over mix to avoid a gummy heavy bread.
• Pour the batter into the loaf pan and bake in the center rack of the oven for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the bread comes out with a few to no crumbs on it.
• Cool the bread for 10 minutes in the pan, then transfer it to a cooling rack.
• Slice the bread after a few hours. 3 hours is ideal for easy slicing.