Dana Marie's Country Living Blog

Here's my recipe for orange zucchini bread. I like to dress it up with an orange-flavored cream cheese frosting and some fresh orange slices. You can freeze the loaves for up to 3 months, and you can also freeze the frosting. It's nice to have it already made when you pull a loaf of the bread out of the freezer. Enjoy! ~Dana Orange Zucchini Bread Ingredients 3 eggs 2 cups granulated sugar 1 cup vegetable oil 1 teaspoon vanilla extract juice and zest from 1 orange 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon salt 3/4 teaspoon baking soda 2 cups grated zucchini Makes 2 loaves Instructions 1 . In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the eggs, sugar, oil, vanilla, orange juice and zest. 2 . In a separate bowl, combine the flour, salt and baking soda. Add this to the wet ingredients, one cup at a time until combined. 3 . Grate your zucchini onto a thick pile of paper towels or a clean tea towel. Squeeze as much liquid out of the zucchini as you can. Fold it into the cake batter and mix it in ...

It's that time of year when everyone has an abundance of zucchini, so I have been in the kitchen all day making zucchini bread , cupcakes and zucchini garlic bites. Fresh from the garden For me, it's the best way to use them up because you can freeze the loaves, cakes, etc. It's so nice later in the year to just go to the freezer and grab something to eat!  The first recipe I'll be sharing is my Zucchini Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting. So good!! ~Dana Zucchini Cupcakes Ingredients 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup dark brown sugar 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/3 cup vegetable oil 2 eggs 1-1/2 cups grated zucchini Instructions 1 . Combine the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Set aside. 2 . In a large mixing bowl, combine the sugars, vanilla, oil and eggs. 3 . Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, one cup at a time until well mixed. 4 . Grate your zuc...