This Cinnamon Zucchini Coffee Cake is a subtly sweet light cake full of zucchini and topped with a crinkly cinnamon-sugar topping that makes it just sweet enough!

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Zucchini Cake

Anyways, as I’ve shared before, we have a bumper crop of zucchini this year. I’ve been making all things zucchini, but I couldn’t find the right zucchini cake recipe. This Cinnamon Zucchini Coffee Cake is a subtly sweet light cake topped with a crinkly cinnamon-sugar topping that makes it just sweet enough. My family has been enjoying this recipe all summer and I hope y’all will too!

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Cinnamon Zucchini Coffee Cake

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Prep Time 15

Cook Time 45

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Ingredients

Cake

1 cup Light Brown Sugar
⅓ cup Canola Oil
1 Egg
1 cup Milk (2% or Whole)
1 tsp. Vanilla Extract
2 ½ cups All-Purpose Flour
2 tsp. Cinnamon
1 tsp. Baking Soda
¼ tsp. Salt
1 ½ cups Grated Zucchini

Topping

½ cup Sugar
1 tsp. Cinnamon
1 Tbsp. Butter

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325F. Grease a 9 x 13 cake pan and set aside.
Remove excess liquid from zucchini shreds by pressing with a paper towel. Discard excess liquid.
In a large mixing bowl, combine brown sugar, oil, egg, milk and vanilla. Whisk until combined.
Add flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt to liquid mixture. Stir to combine; Avoid over-stirring. Fold in zucchini.
In a small bowl, combine topping ingredients. Mixture should be coarse and crumbly.
Spread cake batter into prepared cake pan. Evenly sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar topping.
Bake for 45 minutes or until top bounces back when touched. Enjoy!

Keyword zucchini

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Recipe adapted from Pinch of Yum.