Chocoate Zucchini Cake

One more yummy thing to do with zucchini!

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups regular all-purpose flour, unsifted
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 3/4 cup soft butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 teaspoons grated orange peel
• 2 cups coarsely shredded zucchini
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
• Glaze (directions follow)

Preheat the oven to 350°F.

1 Combine the flour, cocoa, baking powder, soda, salt, and cinnamon; set aside.

2 With a mixer, beat together the butter and the sugar until they are smoothly blended. Add the eggs to the butter and sugar mixture one at a time, beating well after each addition. With a spoon, stir in the vanilla, orange peel, and zucchini.

3 Alternately stir the dry ingredients and the milk into the zucchini mixture, including the nuts with the last addition.

4 Pour the batter into a greased and flour-dusted 10-inch tube pan or bundt pan. Bake in the oven for about 50 minutes (test at 45 minutes!) or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan 15 minutes; turn out on wire rack to cool thoroughly.

5 Drizzle glaze over cake.

Glaze: Mix together 2 cups powdered sugar, 3 Tablespoons milk, and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat until smooth.

delicious, easy roast beef sandwiches

Ok, I made these for Nick the other night and he said he hadn't had a philly cheese steak sandwich that good since he ate one in San Francisco. They were SUPER SUPER easy and it only took about 10-15 min to make. Here's the recipe off the top of my head:

Hoagie Buns

4-6 Provolone cheese slices

3/4 lb of Roast Beef

Italian Dressing

1-2 medium yellow onions

Chop your onions (length way) so they are thin and round ( like onion rings)... you can slice them in half so they're not round. ( did that make sense?)

Spray pan with Pam and grill your onions. ( no need to season them really. Add a bit of salt if you want.)

Throw your roast beef slices in the pan with the grilled onions. ( Heat up meat for your sandwich).

In the mean time, get a cookie sheet, cut your hoagie buns down the middle.... Spread some Italian dressing on the bread ( like you'd make any other sandwich.) Place in oven on BROIL for about 10 minutes.

After 10 minutes, place roast beef, onions, and a slice or two of provolone cheese on top of bread (per sandwich.) Place back in oven for about a minute until cheese is melted.

(you can add grilled bell peppers.... or tomatoes and lettuce if you wish!)

Serve and eat immediately. Seriously, SO good and SO easy.

love, Heather