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Pumpkin Harvest Brownies
About five or six years ago while I was a Cub Scout Den Leader and mother of a couple of Cubs I attended a Cake auction. Luckily, I bid on Marilee’s cake which turned out to be Pumpkin Harvest Brownies–cost me $40 for this recipe. I called her later that week and she willingly gave me the following recipe. Definitely a family favorite:
Pumpkin Harvest Brownies
2 C. Pureed pumpkin or squash
4 Eggs
¾ C. Oil
2 tsp. Vanilla
2 C. Flour (Option: use 1 C. whole wheat flour and 1 C. white)
2 C. Sugar
1 T. Pumpkin pie spice (I use 1 scant tsp of each of the following spices
Nutmeg
Cloves
Ginger
2 tsp. Cinnamon
2 tsp. Baking powder
2 tsp. Baking soda
½ tsp. Salt
Combine all the ingredients and bake at 350 F. for 20-25 minutes in a greased 10×15x1 jelly roll pan.
Cream Cheese Frosting
6 T. Butter
3 ozs. Cream Cheese (I like to use more.)
1 tsp. Vanilla
1 tsp. Milk
1/8 tsp. Salt
2-4 C. Powdered Sugar
Zucchini Bikini–Chocolate Cake Sounds Better
Like Bill Cosby you can consider cake to be a nutritious start to the day because this one has a vegetable in it:
Chocolate Zucchini Cake
Cream together:
¾ C. oil 2 C. sugar 3 eggsAdd and mix:
2 tsp. vanilla ½ C. cocoa powder 1 T. baking powder 1 ½ tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. cinnamon 2 tsp. orange zest (Option: a few drops of orange oil like for candy-making may be substituted. ½ C. milk 2 C. grated zucchini 2 ½ C. flour (Option: substitute 1 C. whole wheat flour for 1 C. white flour.) Pour into greased and floured bundt pan. Bake at 375 degrees for 45 minutes.Chocolate Frosting
4 ¾ C. powder sugar ½ C. cocoa powder ½ C. margarine or butter, softened 1/3 C. boiling water 1 tsp. vanilla Mix powdered sugar and cocoa. Add margarine, boiling water, and vanilla. Beat with mixer on low till combined. Beat for 1 minute on medium speed. Cool for about 20 minutes till spreading consistency. Drizzle or spread over top and down sides of bundt.