Avocado Cake

You need to make our avocado cake recipe made with oil baked in a loaf pan with a powdered sugar glaze. We enjoy this sweet sponge quick bread for breakfast or dessert and my kids even love it.

Avocados can be a great ingredient to use in baking because of their rich and creamy texture. They are sometimes even used as a substitute for butter or oil in baked goods to make them healthier, spongier, and more nutrient dense.

Cake with Avocado

When baking with avocados, it’s important to remember that it has a strong flavor so it may not work well in all recipes. Start by using a small amount as a substitute for oil, bake, taste when done, and adjust the recipe from there if you want to use more the next go around. They can oxidize quickly too when exposed to air, so it’s best to use them immediately once cut to avoid discoloration.

Are avocados fruits or vegetables?

Let’s talk about the main ingredient for a quick second shall we?? Technically they are fruits, specifically a type of berry. Fruits are defined as a flowering plant containing seeds. They do fit this definition because they are the fruit of the tree they fall off of with a seed (pit) in the center.

When cooked with though are often considered a vegetable due to their savory flavor and are usually used in savory dishes like guacamole and salads. Most fruits are typically consumed as a sweet dessert or snack, so it becomes confusing. For this we are going to use;

Ingredient Notes

For the dry ingredients you are going to want to combine the all purpose flour and baking powder together first before incorporating the wet ingredients to ensure that the texture comes out fluffy and light.

White granulated Sugar will bring a sweetness to your baked goods. I have heard followers state that they have had success making this sugar free with the baking Splenda too.

You will also want to add a bit of fresh (preferably) lemon juice to help maintain the bright green color of the cake and also makes the milk into more like buttermilk, super thick, which makes it melt in your mouth tender.

Milk or a dairy product of your choice (cashew milk would be the best dairy free alternative) should be used. Whole or 2% is best to keep it as tender and moist as possible.

You want ripe (slightly soft) Avocados, 1 large or 2 small will do. Don’t use those that are super duper soft as that will make the batter looser and the flavor isn’t as good.

Vegetable oil I use to add a bit more fat, once again to make it moist. There are alternatives to this like pumpkin or applesauce but I think those make it more dense and flat so that isn’t suggested in this case.

Powdered sugar glaze

• Powdered sugar
• Butter melted
• A bit of lemon juice if you want it milder, use water or milk to thin

This was made using this 10 x 4.5″ loaf pan which is a bit skinnier than the typical 9×5″ but that could be used as well.

Variations

I haven’t yet tried this in cupcakes or muffins but think it would work, baking much quicker, closer to 18 minutes or until the top springs back when touched gently in the center. This is how long to bake mini muffins if you wanted a quick bake time.

Want to make a sort of chocolate avocado cake? You could make a cocoa frosting instead of the simple one with confectioners sugar.

If you needed a dairy free alternative, lactose free milk is better than almond variety but choose whichever you prefer.

You may be here because you saw the avocado bread recipe on social media and just had to try it. Bread or cake, whatever you call it this is the one!! I do not know how gluten free flour would do to the baking time on this one but if you work with it and figure it out please share below for others.

How Long to Bake Avocado Cake

Keep in mind the size of your pan. In this case we chose to use a thinner and longer loaf pan so we baked in a preheated oven for about 50 minutes. That is when my toothpick came out with moist crumbs attached which means to me once it cools it will be as moist as possible. If it comes out dry it will be just that, more dry so watch closely.

For the ideal result, you want to remove pan once you get to this point and set on a cooling rack for 10 minutes in pan. Then use a knife to loosen cake all the way around the pan and use a pot holder to gently flip over and then on to cooling rack out of the pan to continue cooling so it doesn’t continue to sit in a hot pan and dry out.

What does avocado substitute in baking?

1. Butter or Oil can be cut out and you can use avocado mash instead 1:1 ratio
2. Eggs, instead you can add 1/4 cup mashed to make your treat egg-free
3. Cream or yogurt can be added with the same amount needed in your recipe as a healthier alternative.

Other Avocado Recipes You’ll Love

Of course I am sure you have made tons of things like making avocado toast in the mornings but there are many fun finger foods that your kids will love with these sliced! With a light breading you can get the outsides crispy by baking air fryer avocado fries out of them. Sweeter though the options are endless.

Avocado brownies is a fun way to make the ordinary extra fudgy and moist. You can mash the avocado and add it to the batter along with other ingredients like cocoa powder, flour, sugar, and eggs.

Chocolate chip cookies can be made with this when you replace some or all of the butter with mashed avocados. The result will be a softer and chewier cookie with a unique flavor.

1. Avocado banana bread bundt cake should be tried with using some of these mashed in place of oil or butter. Adding extra moisture and a creamy texture, you will get a duo of flavors with both of these fruits used.
2. Cheesecake with this inside is fun or make as a new type of cheesecake filling in between layers of cake. Mix in some honey or agave syrup for sweetness and pour it into a graham cracker crust.

There are options to make this in a different pan too, we talk about that in our how long does it take to bake a cake post. Keep in mind this is a cross between cake and bread so it may take a bit longer.