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Page 20 - Special Edition • Morrow County Fair and Rodeo • Heppner Gazette-Times. Wednesday, August 8, 2012 Wheat League seeks cake creators Chocolate and zucchini make decadent pairing in this year s contest The Wheat League is looking for more participants to keep its cake contest go ing. With this year’s decadent recipe ready to make mouths water, finding takers should be no problem. Maybe that’s why there are more county fairs par ticipating in the cake contest than in previous years. Below, area bakers will find the Wheat League recipe for Chocolate Zucchini Cake and the accompanying Pro Ganache glaze. While the pairing of a summer squash and chocolate may sound odd to some, the zucchini adds a moist texture that perfectly complements the rich choco late. Top it off with a rich ga nache. and you have a dessert to please any chocolate lover... with enough “health food” to appease most health fanatics. The recipe is also found on page 56 of the premium book. WHEAT LEAGUE Chocolate Zucchini Cake 2 l/2 cups regular all pur pose flour, unsifted l/2 cup cocoa 2 l/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 buttermilk 1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans Preheat the oven to 350 F 1) Combine the flour, cocoa, baking powder, soda , salt and cinnamon; set aside. 2) With mixer, beat together the butter and the sugar until they are smoothly blended. Add eggs to the butter and sugar mixture one at a time, beating well after each ad dition. With a spoon, stir in vanilla, orange peel and zucchini. 3) Alternately stir the ingre dients and the milk into the zucchini mixture, including the nuts with the last addi tion. 4) Pour batter into a greased and flour-dusted 10-inch tube pan or bunt pan. Bake in the oven for about 50 minutes (test at 45 minutes) or until a wooden pick in serted in the center comes out clean. Cool in the pan 15 minutes; turn out on wire rack to cool thoroughly. Glaze: Mix together 1 cup powdered sugar, 1-1/2 table spoons orange juice, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Drizzle over cake. Pro Ganache: 1 ) 1 1/4 cup sem isw eet chocolate chips 2) 1 cup heavy cream 3) 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or flavor o f choice Place chocolate chips in a large bowl o f a stand chips. Let stand for a minute or two, and then stir with a w hisk, or use paddle a t tachment for the mixer, to mix until smooth. Be sure See for yourself why Valley is the best value in the industry. Come out and walk our machines. See up close why industry experts, independent lab tests and, most importantly, growers themselves consider Valley to offer the highest quality, for the best value. See how our commitment to the little things makes Valley the best-selling machine in the industry. The closer you get, the better we look. V ü U E y ^ The Leader in Precision Irrigation valmont ¥ Northwest Inc. 80568 Hwy 395 N. Hermiston, OR Hermiston, OR Sunnyside, WA Pasco, WA Basin City, WA 541-564-0490 509-837-9006 509-547-1623 509-269-4725 Madison Combe competing in the 4-H measuring con test. to scrape the bottom o f the bowl occasionally. Stir in the vanilla until well blended. Place a piece o f plastic wrap directly on the surface, and allow cooling completely at room temperature, or in the refrigerator. Drizzle over the glaze. FIRST PRIZE = $35 SECOND PRIZE = $25 THIRD PRIZE = $15 Looking for the farmer’s market? Find it at the fair It was such a hit last year that we decided to do it again. The Willow Creek Farm e r’s Market will depart its usual location at Heppner City Park to be at the fair on Friday, August 17, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The market vendors will have fresh fruits and veg etables, crafts and homemade goodies, “Come enjoy the fair and pick up some homemade goods,” says one farm er’s market spokesperson.
