Chocolate courgette cake
About this recipe: Excess courgettes on my allotment forced me to try other methods of using them up - it came to the stage of even friends were refusing to take them off our hands! This recipe is a great way of getting kids to eat more vegetables and children seem to love it.
Ingredients
Serves: 12
- 120g butter (softened)
- 125ml sunflower oil
- 100g caster sugar
- 200g soft brown sugar
- 3 eggs, beaten
- 130ml milk
- 350g plain flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 4 tbsp cocoa
- 450g courgettes, peeled and grated finely
- 1 tsp vanilla
Method
Prep:15min ›
Cook:45min ›
Ready in:1hr
- Line a 20x35cm baking tray with baking parchment and set the oven to 190 C / Gas mark 5.
- Mix the butter, oil and both sugars together until light and fluffy. Gradually add the eggs, one at a time and then the milk until mixed thoroughly.
- Sift the dry ingredients together and fold into the mixture. Stir in grated and peeled courgettes, vanilla and spoon into tin. Bake for 35 to 45 minutes.
- Cut into squares whilst still warm.
Note:
Pumpkin or squash can be substituted in the same quantities for courgettes.
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Reviews (18)
Altered ingredient amounts. I put icing sugar with cocoa and mixed with water to make a chocolatey icing, adding to the sweet appeal for my children! - 04 Oct 2009
Used different ingredients. I added 1 teaspoon of mixed spice which added a lovely warmth to taste - 03 Sep 2010
This cake was delicious.. Didnt tell my teenage sons or their girlfriends what was in it & all tucked in!! So moist & stays fresh for days in air tight tin. I added 1tsp of mixed spice too - 03 Sep 2010
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