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Ingredients
3 cups cake flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
½ teaspoon ground cloves
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup applesauce
1 cup dark brown sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
3 egg whites
Grated rind of one orange
2 cups shredded zucchini
½ cup cut-up dates
Preparation
- Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Step 2
Spray a bundt-style pan or 10-inch spring-form pan with center hole with nonstick cooking spray.
- Step 3
Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and salt.
- Step 4
Beat together applesauce, sugars, egg whites and orange rind.
- Step 5
Blend in flour mixture with mixer at medium speed, beating only until smooth; do not overbeat.
- Step 6
Stir in zucchini and dates.
- Step 7
Pour batter into prepared pan and bake 45 to 50 minutes or until knife inserted near center comes out clean. Remove cake from pan, or if using spring-form, remove sides of pan and put cake on wire rack to cool completely.
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