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Zucchini Date Cake

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Recipe

A delicious,moist cake with a very unusual icing and a pleasant texture!

 

Yield

16 servings

Prep

20 min

Cook

40 min

Ready

60 min
Low Fat, Low in Saturated Fat, Trans-fat Free

Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
½ pound zucchini
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1 cup dates
dried
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2 teaspoons orange zest
grated
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2 cups all-purpose flour
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2 teaspoons baking powder
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1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
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2 each egg whites
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2 large eggs
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1 tablespoon vanilla extract
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1 ¼ cups sugar
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1 cup yogurt
plain, non-fat
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¼ cup almonds
optional
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½ teaspoon salt
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Cinnamon orange icing
1 cup powdered sugar
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1 teaspoon cinnamon
ground
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2 tablespoons orange juice
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1 tablespoon curacao
orange
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Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
226.8 g zucchini
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237 ml dates
dried
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1E+1 ml orange zest
grated
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473 ml all-purpose flour
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1E+1 ml baking powder
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7.5 ml baking soda
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2 each egg whites
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2 large eggs
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15 ml vanilla extract
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296 ml sugar
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237 ml yogurt
plain, non-fat
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59 ml almonds
optional
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2.5 ml salt
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Cinnamon orange icing
237 ml powdered sugar
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5 ml cinnamon
ground
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3E+1 ml orange juice
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15 ml curacao
orange
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Directions

If dates are dry, soak to make them moist.

Chop squash in processor.

Add dates and orange zest.

Blend well. Sift flour with baking powder, soda and salt. Blend dry ingredients. Beat egg. Add yogurt, sugar and vanilla. Add alternately dry mix and egg mix alternately to zucchini. Pour batter into lightly greased and floured bundt pan. Bake at 350 about 45 minutes, or til tests done. Cool on wire rack 10 minutes. Unmold onto serving platter. If using glaze, peirce top and sides with with toothpicks. Spoon glaze over cake, allowing to soak in until cake is moist but not wet. Cool completely. Drizzle icing over cake and sprinkle with almonds Icing: combine powdered sugar, cinnamon, orange juice and liqueur in bowl. Mix til smooth. Use immediately. Orange Glaze: Stir together til smooth. Note: Avoid using dry old dates. For slightly softer cake texture, add 2 tablespoon melted butter to batter before folding into squash. This will add 2 grams fat per serving.



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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 89g (3.1 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 2016% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 1g 2%
Saturated Fat 1g 3%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 28mg 9%
Sodium 143mg 6%
Total Carbohydrate 15g 15%
Dietary Fiber 2g 6%
Sugars g
Protein 7g
Vitamin A 2% Vitamin C 6%
Calcium 4% Iron 6%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
 

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