Happy St. Patrick's Day Dinner

I've been cooking St. Patrick's Day Corned Beef and Cabbage Since the kid's were babies, and I think I only missed once in the last almost 30 years.We have 5 of us now since April married Russ 4 years ago this April 8th. I wore my O' Hurley shirt and green eye shadow, my eye's even looked green today.
Dinner was awesome and the green beer and cider were a cool new addition. The dark chocolate mint pie was to die for! The Puggy's love our food parties too! It was a great family day! I hope yours was too! 5 Blings

~Sylvia~

Chocolate Zucchini Bling Cake

This dark chocolate cake would never lead you to believe it was made with a vegetable. This was made with frozen zucchini from last summer's garden, which we grated in the food processor. The recipe is below :) 4.5 Blings

~ April & Sylvia

Chocolate Zucchini Cake Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups regular all-purpose flour, unsifted
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 3/4 cup Crisco
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 10 packets Stevia powder
• 3 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 teaspoons grated orange peel
• 3 cups coarsely shredded zucchini
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/4 cup dark Rum
• 1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
• 1/4 teaspoon each of Allspice, Ginger, Cardiamin, and Cloves
• Glaze (directions follow)

Method

Preheat the oven to 350°F.
1 Combine the flour, cocoa, baking powder, soda, salt, Allspice, Ginger, Cardiamin, Cloves, and cinnamon; set aside.
2 With a mixer, beat together the butter, Stevia and the sugar until they are smoothly blended. Add the eggs to the butter and sugar mixture one at a time, beating well after each addition. With a spoon, stir in the vanilla, rum, orange peel, and zucchini.
3 Alternately stir the dry ingredients and the milk into the zucchini mixture, including the nuts with the last addition.
4 Pour the batter into a greased and flour-dusted 10-inch tube pan or bundt pan. Bake in the oven for about 50 minutes (test at 45 minutes!) or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan 15 minutes; turn out on wire rack to cool thoroughly.
5 Drizzle glaze over cake. Glaze: Mix together 1/4 cups powdered sugar, 1/2 cup melted chocolate chips, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and 1/4 cup dark Rum. Beat until smooth. Pour onto cake while still warm.

Chill cake before serving. Makes 10-12 servings, NOT! Try 6 pigs realistically.