Comments on: Zucchini Recipes: Whole Wheat Zucchini Cake

By: Jordan

Jordan — Sun, 13 May 2012 13:33:17 +0000

Thank you for sharing this recipe. We try to eat very healthful, but still love to have a dessert every now and then. I am going to try it today using 2 cups of carrots instead of zucchini, as we have an abundance of carrots right now. ~Jordan

By: Lori

Lori — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 02:28:18 +0000

Thanks so much for your recipe. I made your cake and altered it to fit my taste. I cut down on the sugar (I actually used 1 cup of real sugar) and used 1/2 cup of applesauce in place of the butter. I also added a lot more cinnamon and added wheat germ, flax seed, walnuts and raisins…girl it was delicious! It was like a carrot cake and super moist. Thanks so much for posting your recipe, it gave me a great outline to start from. I thought I’d share how I’d altered your recipe and it worked in case you wanted to try it. It is always fun to experiment!

By: m-m-g

m-m-g — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:10:20 +0000

thank u so much for the quick reply, will give it a try

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:39:14 +0000

You’ll probably need a little more than the 2 cups of flour, but I’m not entirely sure. Yes, honey will be fine and nope, the zucchini doesn’t have a taste in this cake – it just adds the nutrition!

By: m-m-g

m-m-g — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 21:29:10 +0000

Hi, i live in Egypt and we don’t have whole wheat flour(only the brown whole flour which has a bitter taste) so can i use the all purpose flour? will it be also 2 cups??
and for the sugar can i use the confectionary sugar(same quantity or will it differ?) and if i want to make it healthier can i use honey or it will change the cake taste?
last thing , i have a picky children so does the zucchini taste appear in the cake?

sorry for these long list of questions, but i like the idea of making our food more healthy
(specially for my kids who refuse to eat vegetables and fruits:( so i hide them in the cakes)
so pls. help
Thank you

By: stephanie

stephanie — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 22:19:32 +0000

I used 1 cup Agave syrup and 1/2 c stevia for sweetener and it was delicious! Made the cake that much healthier.

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:05:35 +0000

Rapadura/sucanat is defined as “dehydrated cane sugar juice”. It is a very pure form of sugar, which retains many of it’s nutrients. I order mine from my health food co-op, Azure Standard or get it through Amazon. If you don’t have sucanat, you can substituted brown sugar! :)

By: Fran Lemos

Fran Lemos — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 01:24:50 +0000

This whole Wheat Zucchini Cake sounds wonderful..However, I don’t know what sucanat or rapaduca is?
and where do I get it…
Thanks,
Fran

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:32:13 +0000

Thank you – yes! Since posting that recipe I had learned to make powdered sugar. It’s such good stuff!!! :)

By: Laura L.

Laura L. — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 19:23:24 +0000

Hi Laura,
I noticed the link to the Powdered sugar you posted was like $4 a pound. I just wanted to pass it on that I make my own powdered sugar. Do you have a Vitamix? Most health conscious people do. This works best in a Vitamix, but I’ve never tried it in a conventional blender. Simply blend 1 cup organic evaporated cane juice with 1 tsp. arrowroot powder. If you’re using a vitamix, start on low and quickly go to high as you would make a smoothie. It takes about 30 seconds to blend up completely. You can strain the lumps through a sifter if you want. I use the same recipe for making cream cheese frosting but with my own homemade powdered sugar. I love your site! I will be checking out more. Thanks,
Laura