Zucchini cakes

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Recipe «Zucchini cakes» presented in category Recipes / Vegetarian, to prepare this dish you will need no more 30 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 2 medium zucchini, coarsely grated, 1 medium carrot, coarsely grated, 3/4 cup vegetable oil, 1 cup firmly-packed brown sugar, 2 eggs , 2 cups self-raising flour, 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda, 1 tsp mixed spice , 80g packet dry-roasted pecan nuts, 50g unsalted butter, softened, 100g cream cheese, softened, 2 tsp finely-grated orange rind, 1 3/4 cups icing sugar mixture.

Ingredients:

• 2 medium zucchini, coarsely grated 
• 1 medium carrot, coarsely grated 
• 3/4 cup vegetable oil 
• 1 cup firmly-packed brown sugar 
• 2 eggs 
• 2 cups self-raising flour 
• 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda 
• 1 tsp mixed spice 
• 80g packet dry-roasted pecan nuts 
• 50g unsalted butter, softened 
• 100g cream cheese, softened 
• 2 tsp finely-grated orange rind 
• 1 3/4 cups icing sugar mixture 

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Line a 12-hole, 1/3 cup-capacity muffin pan with paper cases. Squeeze excess moisture from zucchini and carrot. Drain on paper towel.
2. Using an electric mixer, beat oil and sugar in a large bowl for 5 minutes or until mixture is pale. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir through zucchini and carrot.
3. Combine flour, bicarbonate of soda and mixed spice in a bowl. Sift over egg mixture. Add pecans. Stir well to combine. Divide mixture among paper cases. Bake for 30 minutes or until golden and a skewer inserted into the centre of one cake comes out clean. Stand for 5 minutes. Remove cakes to a wire rack. Allow to cool completely.
4. Make cream cheese frosting: Using an electric mixer, beat butter, cream cheese and orange rind until smooth. Gradually add icing sugar, beating until well combined.
5. Spread icing over cakes. Serve.