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I still have so many zucchini recipes to share (I have been so creative with my zucchini this year!), but I am trying to spread them out so that this doesn’t become a blog dedicated to zucchini. These bars are awesome- and so full of veggies! I loved them without the frosting (kind of tasted like zucchini bread), but with the frosting they are even better. So if you have tons of zucchini like me, try these bars!
Carrot and Zucchini Bars with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe
These bars are awesome- and so full of veggies! I loved them without the frosting (kind of tasted like zucchini bread), but with the frosting they are even better.
Serving
Ingredients
- 2 eggs, slightly beaten
- ¾ cup packed brown sugar
- ½ cup canola oil
- ¼ cup honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1½ cups shredded carrots
- 1 cup shredded zucchini
- ½ cup chopped walnuts
- 1½ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting
- 8 ounces reduced fat cream cheese, 1 package
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1½ teaspoons lemon zest
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, brown sugar, oil, honey, and vanilla. Don't worry about clumps of the brown sugar, those will dissolve as it sits while you prepare the remaining ingredients. Then fold in the carrot, zucchini, and walnuts.
- In another bowl combine add the flour, baking powder, ginger, and baking soda. Whisk to blend together.
- Add to flour mixture to the wet mixture. Stir just until combined. Spread batter into an ungreased 13x9x2-inch baking pan.
- Bake about 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack.
- Once the cake is cooled prepare the frosting. In a medium mixing bowl, beat the frosting ingredients with an electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy. Spread or pipe the frosting over the cooled bars. Makes 36 bars.
Notes
- You can also serve these bars without frosting for more of a Zucchini Bread taste.
Nutrition
Calories: 450 kcal · Carbohydrates: 55 g · Protein: 7 g · Fat: 23 g · Saturated Fat: 4 g · Trans Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 45 mg · Sodium: 209 mg · Potassium: 263 mg · Fiber: 2 g · Sugar: 38 g · Vitamin A: 3408 IU · Vitamin C: 4 mg · Calcium: 100 mg · Iron: 2 mg
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Oh my! These look really good! Thanks so much for sharing!
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I love carrotcake. I’m definitely trying this one.
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Found you via Pinterest; made these tonight. They turned out great, although not as quite as pretty as your photo. I had a little trouble keeping them “neat” as they were being cut. Cupcakes could be a better presentation for me…a recipe keeper all the same! 🙂
I made cupcakes! Absolutely Delish! Moist and tasty. I also used a tablespoon of fresh ginger! YUMMY!
Thank you! These were seriously yummy! Tasted like the best of a carrot cake & zucchini bread combined 🙂 I love the idea of cupcakes (for portion control & ease) Thanks again!
Hi! these look great- have you ever tried freezing them? Just curious if it would hold up. The tough part about a larger recipe like this is that I find it tough to eat them all before they go bad. Thanks 🙂
These should freeze great!!
Hi sweet sisters! I love all of your recipes. I’ve made so many. I was wondering if you could make this in a Bundt pan instead and if so how much longer would you bake it? Thank you!
Hi Ramona, We have never made this recipe in a Bundt pan so I don’t know what to tell you as far as how long it would need to cook. Sorry we aren’t more help for you. Just watch it closely and poke a toothpick in until it come out clean. We would love to hear how it goes if you give it a try! Enjoy your Easter weekend and thanks so much for stopping by our blog!!
I made these this weekend, but substituted golden raisins for the walnuts (my nephew has allergies) & added a tablespoon or so of chia seeds for extra nutrition. I also added some lime zest in the frosting just because I had it. Never has my baking ever gone this quickly in my family. This recipe is a keeper!
Oh my goodness, I just made these and they were awesome!! I was so pleasantly surprised (don’t know why I was surprised, though, because I’ve made many of the Six Sisters recipes and they always turn out great!) by how yummy these turned out! I made a few changes though: I substituted 2/3 unsweetened applesauce for the oil, I reduced the walnuts to 1/4 cup, and I doubled the amount of lemon zest in the frosting. Oh, and I also added 3/4 cup of shredded yellow squash in, in addition to the 1 cup of zucchini it already calls for. I just wanted to get more veggies in there! IT IS DELICIOUS! If you like carrot cake, you will LOVE this variation! And FYI, I calculated out the calories for this recipe, and with my changes, it comes out to 165 calories per bar (I got 18 bars out of the 9×13 pan).
Found this recipe via Pinterest and it looked so good I had to try it. After mixing the batter, I realized that I didn’t have a 13 x 9 pan so I used my mini-muffin pan and baked them for 22 minutes. The recipe made 36 perfect little cupcakes. I did make a few modifications to accommodate my dietary restrictions; including using egg beaters instead of whole eggs, trading half of the oil for applesauce, and using fat free cream cheese. My boyfriend, who won’t eat anything he thinks is reduced-calorie or -fat, devoured six of them before I could even get them on a plate. I’m giving this recipe gets a huge thumbs-up. Thanks for the awesomeness! 🙂
Looks to yummy
This recipe is one of our favorites, we obmit the honey and use a banana. We call it Earth Cake. Something about the ginger makes this at the top of the list!