Cream Cheese Frosted Zucchini Cake

Tyler considers zucchini a weed and thinks I should never plant it. This time of the year it seems like you can barely get rid of the stuff without paying someone to take it. The fact that it’s worthless, combined with the idea that he doesn’t like it has convinced him there is no use in planting it and it just takes up valuable space in the garden.

I have been able to change his mind about zucchini this year with this cream cheese frosted zucchini cake and a zucchini bread recipe. He admitted it was actually tasty, of course it took a thick layer of frosting to convince him though. Sugar will do that to about anything.

In other news, can you believe it is August already? I feel like the summer just started. I don’t know if working full time in an office affects my perception since I spend all day inside. Or perhaps it’s a common feeling from others, but summer goes by too fast. I recently I heard that pumpkin and Christmas cookies were started to trend already on Pinterest. That’s crazy, especially the Christmas cookies.

Don’t worry, I’ll be sticking to summery food like zucchini for a little bit longer. How do you guys feel about apples? Are they considered summer produce? Or do they belong in the fall? I recently made some fun apple recipes I can’t wait to share with you.

Ingredients
For the Cake

• 1 cup zucchini, shredded
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup oil
• 2 eggs
• 1 and 1/4 cup all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda

For the Frosting

• 3 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 4 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1-2 tablespoons milk or cream
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease an 8x8 inch baking pan. In a large bowl, whisk together the zucchini, sugar, oil and eggs. Combine the flour, cinnamon, salt, baking powder and baking soda in a separate bowl.
2. Gently stir the dry ingredients into the wet. Spread the batter into the greased baking pan. Bake at 350 F. for 28-32 minutes. Let cool completeley.
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