Ronnie's Notes
When we were first married, Ed promised me 50 years. That was in 1969. We were young and 50 years seemed like a REALLY REALLY long time.
Grandparent stuff.
But here we are. A few months short of 50.
Wasn’t it yesterday that I fit into that long white dress?
We wanted to celebrate with two other couples, all close friends, who are also at 50.
But we didn’t want to have a big party. Not even an intimate dinner party for six. Although those are lovely, it seemed like the same-old, same-old. 50 years deserved something special.
So we decided to have a 150th Anniversary Afternoon Tea.
It was festive, fun and celebratory.
We started with champagne and tea sandwiches.
Then: scones, clotted cream and jams.
Finally, dessert: several kinds of cookies, Lemon Buttermilk Cake, Pumpkin Spice Cake and this: Zucchini Bread, (made with zucchinis from my garden!).
Just us 6. It was a good day.
We all talked about how amazing it is at how quickly 50 years go by.
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Lightly grease a 9”x5”x3” loaf pan.
Place the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a bowl and whisk the ingredients until they are evenly distributed.
Place the brown sugar, sugar, eggs, applesauce and vanilla extract in the bowl of an electric mixer (or use a hand mixer) and beat at medium speed for , until thoroughly blended.
Add the flour mixture and stir just until blended.
Fold in the zucchini.
Spoon the batter into the prepared pan.
Bake for or until golden brown and a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean.
Cool in the pan on a wire rack for .
Invert the muffins onto the rack to cool completely.