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
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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.