Sweet Pillow & Sweet Bread

The other day I posted some felt items, one of them being this cupcake design. Since then it has been finished and is now a fun and colorful pillow top. It is so bright and cheery and is reminiscent of an Andy Warhol print. Working with bright colors is a favorite of mine, the more color the better.

Today was also a baking day. A few days ago I purchased some zucchini and today it was made into bread. Patterns and recipes are both things that to me are guidelines so the recipe was altered to work with the ingredients that were on hand and I didn't feel like going to the store. The recipe ended up as zucchini carrot bread and it is sooooo gooood! It is posted below if you want to try it.

Zucchini Carrot Bread

2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
3/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp allspice
1/4 tsp ginger
3 cups flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 tbls vanilla
3 eggs
8 oz can of carrots blended and pureed with 1 tbls oil
2 1/2 - 3 cups grated zucchini

Mix together soda, powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, allspice and flour. In a separate bowl beat the sugar, eggs, vanilla and carrot puree until well blended. Add in the zucchini then mix in the dry ingredients. Pour batter into greased loaf pan and bake at 350 for about 50 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.

Makes one large loaf or 5 mini loaves. Mini loaves cook in about 35 - 40 minutes

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