Yummy Fall Cake

A simple and tasty dessert is always welcome in my home, so I thought I would pass this along.

Zucchini Cake

2 C Sugar
4 Eggs
1/2 C Oil
2 tsp Cinnamon (I like to use some Chai spice too~ its a great addition to most autumn recipe's!)
1 tsp Vanilla
1/2 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Salt
2 1/2 C Flour
2 C Grated Zucchini

Beat first eight ingredients together well. Add flour and zucchini slowly.
Bake in 9x13 greased pan at 350 for 25-30 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.

I like cream cheese frosting on almost everything, and this is no exception. A very rough guesstimate as to the recipe I use for the frosting goes a bit like this~

8 oz Cream Cheese- softened
3/4 lb Powered Sugar (you can use more or less depending on the consistency you like)
1/4 C Butter
1-2 Tbs Milk

Mix well, and don't follow the rule about letting your cake cool before you frost it~ this one is delicious when the frosting melts a bit on it!
Another option is to add about 2/3 Cup Cocoa powder, and/or chocolate chips/walnuts.

I've made a slightly healthier version of this quite often too, and it is very yummy as well. Rather than white flour I use whole wheat, so long as you can find a fine grind(it gets a very gritty texture if it is coarse) and splenda rather than sugar. Grape seed oil is a good substitute for vegetable oil too, although a bit more expensive. So far I haven't found a decent substitute for the eggs, but if anyone has suggestions as to how to alter this I would be more than happy to try it and let you know how it turned out!