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Zucchini Status Report

August 7th, 2006 at 01:43 am

You know all the jokes about zucchini...and the instructions to leave them on strangers porches, ring their doorbell & run... Smile

Well, I'm almost to that point again this year. I go along great for a few weeks in early summer, picking the tiny little veggies to chop and eat fresh in green salads and anxiously await the time when I let one get big enough to slice & fry for the yummiest of appetizers.....and then it hits.

I've somehow missed a couple veggies on my ONE plant and I've now got 2 that are a great size to stuff with sausage & onions and call "Zucchini Dinner Boats" and 2 more that are approaching the size of baseball bats.

What to do? Put Zucchini in the cake! Yes, that's right. It makes a delicious addition to dessert, however I confess I don't tell many people here what's IN the cake!



I've included the recipe here, just in case there might be one or two of you who have let your zucchini plant get away from you again this summer!

Zucchini Chocolate Cake
(one 13 X 9 inch cake)

1/2 cup margarine
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 3/4 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup buttermilk

2 1/2 cups unsifted flour
4 Tablespoons baking cocoa
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon cloves

2 cups finely diced zucchini (Be sure to chop, NOT shred this)

1/3 cup chocolate chips

Cream margarine, oil & sugar. Add eggs, vanilla & buttermilk. Beat with electric mixer until well blended.

Sift dry ingredients together & add to batter. Beat until well blened, then stir in zucchini

Pour batter into greased & floured 9 X 13 pan. Sprinkle top with chocolate chips. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 40 -45 minutes or until it tests done.

Posted in all things food, Frugal Gardening, photo | 4 Comments »

4 Responses to “Zucchini Status Report”

  1. flash Says:
    August 7th, 2006 at 10:30 pm 1154989827
    1154989827

    zucchini bread, zucchini muffins, zucchini bars...in salads (take the seeds out), scoop and stuff...DHs favorite is pan roasted with some special touches. Wish I could trade the peaches for zucchini!

  2. LuckyRobin Says:
    August 8th, 2006 at 08:17 pm 1155068225
    1155068225

    If you shred zucchini you can freeze it in Ziploc bags and use it later in cakes or breads. Something where you don't see it.

  3. Amorphous02 Says:
    August 11th, 2006 at 10:37 pm 1155335834
    1155335834

    I envy you guys soo much. I wish I could grow something.
    I used to when i was a teenager. I even had a couple of bonsais.Good for you for being such good gardeners. I use squashes in stir-frys and "kebabs"( skewers). They grill well.

  4. mary jenkins Says:
    August 29th, 2006 at 03:23 pm 1156865015
    1156865015

    I would like to fine a way to put zucchini down in the frezzer to fry.

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