Make Ahead
Chocolate Chip Zucchini Cat Cake
- Makes 1 cake
Author Notes
No special equipment, no mold, no fondant. If you have an 8x8 pan, you can make this meow-some cake! Vegan and GF. Click to second photo for
assembly instructions.
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cake adapted from my baking addiction, frosting from very well —AnnieCate
What You'll Need
Ingredients
- cake
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1 1/2 cups
shredded zucchini
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1 cup
unsweetened unflavored almond milk
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3/4 cup
light brown sugar
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2
flax eggs
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2 teaspoons
Saigon cinnamon
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1 tablespoon
vanilla
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1 1/4 cups
well sifted cup-to-cup GF flour (like Bob's)
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2 teaspoons
baking powder
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1/2 teaspoon
baking soda
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1/4 teaspoon
salt
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1 1/4 cups
mini chocolate chips
- Frosting
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3/4 cup
non-dairy non-soy butter spread, softened
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2 1/2 cups
powdered sugar
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1/2 teaspoon
vanilla
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beet juice, matcha, cocoa powder, cinnamon
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small scoop of chocolate chips
Directions
- cake
- Line an 8X8 pan with parchment paper and preheat the oven to 350
- Combine the zucchini, almond milk, flax eggs, brown sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla
- Combine wet and dry ingredients until just mixed. Do not over mix.
- Pour batter into prepared pan. Swirl in the chocolate chips.
- Bake at 350 for 35-38 minutes, or until inserted toothpick comes out clean.
- Allow to cool completely before cutting and assembling.
- Frosting
- Beat the non-dairy spread, the powdered sugar, and the vanilla together.
- Layer on a thin crumb coat and then top coat You'll still have plenty of frosting remaining.
- Divide up the remaining frosting. Dye some of it pink with beet juice for the ears. Dye a smaller potion green for the eyes. Cinnamon for the light brown fur and cocoa for the dark brown fur.
- frost on the ears
- For the eyes and mouth, you'll be drawing with chocolate. It's super easy, I promise. First, use a pencil to draw the eyes and mouth and whiskers on a piece of scrap paper. Place a piece of parchment paper on top of the scrap paper.
- Place some chocolate chips (about 1/4 cup) in a sealable plastic bag. Heat some water in the microwave and then immerse the bag in the hot water until the chips fully melt.
- Cut a very small tip off the bag and pipe the chocolate over the parchment paper, tracing the eye + mouth + whisker drawings you made earlier. Allow to harden.
- Gently peel off the chocolate and place it on the cake. Fill in the eyes with green frosting and then add the pupils (more chocolate)
- Frost on the light and dark brown fur as desired.
- Serve with love.
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