Ultimate Zucchini Bread

This is a very moist and delicious zucchini bread, and is one of my favorites. Sometimes it doesn't last long enough to reach the cool down stage after coming out of the oven. Nuts may be added depending on personal choice.

• Ready In: 1 hr 15 mins
• Serves: 10
• Yields: 2 loaves

Ingredients

• 1  cup cream cheese
• 1  cup sugar
• 1  cup honey
• 3  eggs
• 1  cup  vegetable oil
• 2  teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 1⁄2 cups  grated zucchini
• 1⁄2 cup  grated carrot
• 1  tablespoon orange zest (optional)
• 3 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon allspice
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1  teaspoon cinnamon

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. In a large mixing bowl combine together cream cheese, sugar, and honey. Cream together for about 3 minutes.
3. Add the eggs and blend together.
4. Add the oil, vanilla, grated zucchini, grated carrot, and orange zest. Blend together.
5. Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, allspice, cinnamon and nutmeg. Blend together for about 3 minutes.
6. Pour batter into 2 bread pans (about 9x5) that have been sprayed with vegetable spray.
7. Bake in a 350 degree oven for about 1 hour or until a toothpick comes out clean.
8. Remove newly baked bread from their bread pans and place on a wire rack to cool.
9. Serve and Enjoy!