#1  Handwritten Recipes 

The vegetable patch is thriving  in these warm sunny days, and our first crops are ready for harvesting , with the  first of these in abundance zucchini. Now after reading that, those that know me are thinking oh! She’s gone country! But it’s wonderful – “Living Country”, I’m able to go to the veg patch and gather fresh produce, and make every thing fresh for the day. There is however a keeper, and it’s my husbands 87-year-old father…he says it keeps him active and he loves gardening and keeping the veg patch “existing” for the whole family. He potters every day, and I can’t go into the veg patch without him as I might cut the lettuce wrong, or break the leaves off something, however I will be doing the moonlight sneak to pick some green tomatoes…things to come…. 

This recipe was hand written by my mum Olive.  She’s a real whiz when it comes to sweets and dessert time. She’s known for her sponge cakes, date sponge, cream puffs and canoli. It’ s like a bake-off every time the family get’s together and every time I visit homeland Australia, she finds a spare day to make me a sponge cake topped with cream and a sprinkle of icing sugar. 

Recipe: Zucchini Cake 

Ingredients: 

2 cups zucchini, grated 

3 eggs 

2 cups sugar 

3 teaspoons vanilla 

1/2 cup oil 

3/4 cup chopped nuts 

2 1/2 cups self-raising flour 

1/4 teaspoon baking powder 

2 teaspoons cinnamon 

pinch of salt 

Preparation: 

Place all ingredients in bowl and mix well. Place into greased tin and bake in moderate oven for 45 minutes. 

Easy, Simple and Quick.I took this along to a BBQ dinner last night….it was a great , soft,  moist and a talking point!

Thanks Mum for sharing this with me, Love You x x

Linking to This Weeks Cravings @ Moms Crazy Cooking