Savory Zucchini Layer Cake with Cottage Cheese

A bright, delicious dish for a festive table! This zucchini cake with fresh herbs makes a beautiful presentation. I found the recipe in an issue of a cooking magazine years ago, and I've made it now and then ever since, because guests always love it.

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 36 % 8 g
Fats 27 % 6 g
Carbohydrates 36 % 8 g
119 kcal
GI: 33 / 0 / 67

Cooking method

Cooking time: 40 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1

    Gather your ingredients. Wash the herbs and vegetables.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2

    Grate the zucchini on a coarse grater, season with salt, stir, and let it sit for 10 minutes.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3

    Drain off the liquid the zucchini has released. Add the eggs and salt, and mix.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4

    Stir the flour and baking powder into the zucchini. Mix everything together well.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5

    Fry the zucchini pancakes in a preheated skillet with vegetable oil until golden.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6

    Make the filling. Press the garlic through a garlic press.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7

    Wash the herbs, dry them, and chop finely.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8

    Combine the cottage cheese, garlic, and herbs.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9

    Mix well until smooth.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10

    Spread the cottage-cheese filling over the pancakes and stack them on top of one another. Decorate the top of the cake with cherry tomatoes and fresh herbs.

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Chicken egg - 157  kcal/100g
  • Egg white - 45  kcal/100g
  • Egg powder - 542  kcal/100g
  • Egg yolk - 352  kcal/100g
  • Ostrich egg - 118  kcal/100g
  • Zucchini - 23  kcal/100g
  • Cottage cheese of 40% fat content - 466  kcal/100g
  • Cottage cheese of 20% fat content - 233  kcal/100g
  • Cottage cheese of 18% fat content - 226  kcal/100g
  • Cottage cheese of 10% fat content - 156  kcal/100g
  • Low-fat cottage cheese - 75  kcal/100g
  • Cottage cheese with sour cream - 260  kcal/100g
  • Fruit cottage cheese - 147  kcal/100g
  • Soft dietary cottage cheese - 170  kcal/100g
  • Cottage cheese 'vitalinia' - 64  kcal/100g
  • Cottage cheese 'morning' ( 'danone') without sugar - 91  kcal/100g
  • Cottage cheese - 156  kcal/100g
  • Garlic - 143  kcal/100g
  • Whole durum wheat flour fortified - 333  kcal/100g
  • Whole durum wheat flour universal - 364  kcal/100g
  • Flour krupchatka - 348  kcal/100g
  • Flour - 325  kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873  kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0  kcal/100g
  • Baking powder - 79  kcal/100g
  • Arugula - 25  kcal/100g
  • Cherry tomatoes - 15  kcal/100g

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