Alabama Recipes
Made from scratch
Zucchini Chocolate Cake ½ cup margerine or butter ½ cup vegetable oil 1¾ cups sugar 2 eggs ½ cup sour cream 2 cups grated zucchini 2 ½ cups flour 4 tablespoons cocoa
½ teaspoon cinnamon ½ teaspoon nutmeg ½ teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon vanilla flavor
Mix softened butter, oil and sugar. Add eggs, vanilla, sour cream and zucchini. Mix well. Add dry ingredients and mix. Bake in a 9x13-inch pan at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Check with a toothpick in the center to make sure cake is done. On warm cake, frost with cream cheese frosting. Cream Cheese Frosting: 1 3½ 1 /3 1 1 3
stick butter teaspoons. cocoa. cup milk box powdered sugar teaspoon vanilla flavor cups chopped pecans
Cook of the month: Ann Varnum, Wiregrass EC
Stir together butter, cocoa and milk in a saucepan. Bring to a boil and remove from heat. Add the powdered sugar, vanilla and pecans. Beat until smooth. Spread on warm cake.
Any cook who takes the time to prepare a dish “from scratch” gets my compliments. I remember the first time I made homemade pancakes using actual ingredients instead of baking mix and another time I baked a cake without using a box mix. Truth is, it’s worth the trouble. I tend to add special things, like adding almond extract to my pancake batter, to recipes from a box to make them taste a little more homemade. It’s delicious! But don’t tell anyone I cut corners in the kitchen! Mary Tyler Spivey is a graduate of Huntingdon College where she studied history and French but she also has a passion for great food.
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