¾cupwalnuts or pecans, toasted and roughly chopped
6Tbspbutter, cold and cubed
For the wet ingredients:
⅔cupcanola oil
1cupbrown sugar
2tspvanilla
¾cupalmond milk
1cupzucchini, grated
2eggs
For the dry ingredients:
1 ½cupsflour
1tspall spice
½tspcinnamon
1cupalmond meal
½tspsalt
¼tspbaking soda
1tspbaking powder
For the honey icing:
2Tbspbutter melted
2Tbspalmond milk
2Tbsphoney
1cuppowdered sugar
Instructions
Toast the nuts
If you haven’t already, chop the nuts roughly and toast them. To toast the nuts, simply add them to a skillet over medium heat. Toss the nuts occasionally, and let them toast in the skillet until golden brown, about 3 minutes.
Make the streusel
Add the brown sugar, sugar, cinnamon, flour, and walnuts to a small mixing bowl. Whisk together with a fork under everything is incorporated.
Now add the cubes of cold butter to the mixture. With your hands or a pastry cutter, mix the butter into the rest of the mixture. Keep going until streusel forms. This happens when the butter makes the cinnamon/sugars/walnuts/flour mixture clumpy.
Put the streusel mixture in the refrigerator for at least 15 minutes. The streusel needs to be cold before compiling and baking the cake.
Mix the wet ingredients
To a large mixing bowl, add the canola oil, brown sugar, vanilla extract, and almond milk. Whisk until everything comes together, then add the zucchini and whisk again.
Now add in the eggs. Whisk until the eggs are completely incorporated.
Add the dry ingredients
Now add the flour, almond flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder, cinnamon, and all spice.
Whisk until everything is just combined. Take care not to overmix.
Compile the cake
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Oil a 9x13 inch glass baking dish. Pour half of the cake batter into the dish.
Now sprinkle half of the streusel evenly over the top.
Pour the remaining half of the cake batter over the streusel as evenly as possible. If needed, use an offset spatula to carefully spread the cake batter.
Top the cake batter with the remaining streusel.
Bake the cake
Bake the cake at 350 degrees for 50-55 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out mostly clean.
Let the cake cool for at least 15 minutes before adding the honey icing. While the cake cooks, make the icing.
Make the honey icing
Add the butter and milk to a small, microwave-safe bowl.
Microwave the butter and milk for 30-40 seconds, until melted and warm. Now stir in the honey and powdered sugar. Keep stirring until the icing is smooth. It will be thick yet pourable.
Ice the cake, and enjoy!
With a butter knife, simply drizzle the honey icing over the cake. Use as much or as little icing as desired.
Serve the cake as breakfast, brunch, or dessert. Enjoy!
Notes
This cake is vegetarian.This cake is great for breakfast, brunch, or dessert.