Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Overabundance of Zucchini?

There is a big zucchini crop from the community garden where my mom lives, and the "garden lady" gave me three of them. I made a zucchini cake for Ron's birthday cake. It is delicious, so I wanted to share the recipe.

Zucchini Cake
2 C flour
2 t baking soda
1 t salt
1/4 t baking powder
3 t cinnamon
3 eggs
1 C vegetable oil
1 1/2 C sugar
2 C grated zucchini
2 t vanilla
1 C chopped walnuts

Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Lightly grease one 9X13" baking pan.

Combine eggs, oil, sugar, grated zucchini, and vanilla. Beat until well mixed.

Mix the flour, baking soda, salt, baking powder and cinnamon together in a bowl, then add to the other ingredients, mixing until combined. Stir in the chopped walnuts. Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake for 40-45 minutes.

Cream Cheese Frosting
8 oz cream cheese, softened
8 T butter, softened (one stick)
2 t vanilla
2 C powdered sugar (or more)

Beat the cream cheese, butter and vanilla together. Gradually add the powdered sugar. If the frosting is too soft, add a little more powdered sugar.

Enjoy!

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