Description
Moist quick bread packed with carrots, apples, zucchini, warm spices, and topped with cream cheese glaze.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1/4 cup fresh orange juice
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- Pinch ground cloves
- Pinch ground nutmeg
- 2 cups shredded carrots
- 1 cup shredded zucchini, squeezed dry
- 1 cup diced peeled apple
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 1/2 cup cream cheese
- 1/4 cup butter
- 2–3 cups powdered sugar
- 1–3 tbsp orange juice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Grease and line two 8×4-inch loaf pans.
- Squeeze moisture from zucchini.
- Whisk dry ingredients together.
- Whisk butter and sugar together.
- Add eggs, orange juice, and vanilla.
- Fold dry ingredients into wet ingredients.
- Mix in carrots, zucchini, apples, and pecans.
- Divide batter between pans.
- Bake 55-60 minutes until golden brown.
- Cool completely.
- Beat cream cheese and butter until smooth.
- Add powdered sugar and orange juice for glaze.
- Frost cooled loaves and serve.
Notes
- Squeeze zucchini thoroughly.
- Do not overmix the batter.
- Store refrigerated up to 5 days.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 55 minutes
- Category: Bread
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 264
- Sugar: 23
- Sodium: 120
- Fat: 12
- Saturated Fat: 6
- Unsaturated Fat: 5
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 36
- Fiber: 1
- Protein: 3
- Cholesterol: 38