To prepare a zucchini cake with cream cheese applesauce icing recipe, you will need: Zucchini cake mix: Preheat oven to 350?F (180?C) and grease and flour two 8-inch round cake pans. Sift together the flour, baking powder, sugar, cinnamon and salt. Add the zucchini to the dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake the cake for 35 to 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes before removing to wire rack to cool completely.