Description
A crazy-moist orange zucchini bread flavored with fresh orange juice, vanilla, and topped with a sweet orange glaze.
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 large eggs
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup vegetable or canola oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Zest and juice of 1 large orange
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cardamom optional
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 cups grated zucchini
- Zest and juice of 1 large orange for glaze
- 3 tablespoons melted butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract for glaze
- 3 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and prepare two loaf pans with parchment and nonstick spray
- Whisk eggs, sugar, oil, vanilla, orange zest, and orange juice
- Whisk flour, salt, cardamom, and baking soda in another bowl
- Combine wet and dry ingredients and fold in zucchini
- Divide batter between pans
- Bake 50 to 60 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean
- Cool 15 to 20 minutes and remove from pans
- Cool completely
- Whisk glaze ingredients until smooth
- Drizzle glaze over cooled loaves and serve
Notes
- Line pans well to prevent sticking
- Add 1 cup chopped nuts if desired
- Adjust glaze thickness with powdered sugar or water as needed
- Makes two 8×4-inch loaves
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
- Category: Bread
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 470
- Sugar: 45
- Sodium: 180
- Fat: 19
- Saturated Fat: 4
- Unsaturated Fat: 14
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 71
- Fiber: 1
- Protein: 5
- Cholesterol: 52