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Courgette Loaf

By on 04/05/2020 in

Courgettes may not seem like the natural ingredient for a cake but they actually work really well and this recipe makes a fabulous, sweet, spiced loaf!

Experiment with the spices and added ingredients to find the perfect combination for you!
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Pre-heat the oven to 180C / Gas 4 / 350F. Butter and line a 2lb loaf tin.
  2. Coarsely grate the courgettes. If there is a great deal of juice, soak up some of the excess with kitchen paper but don't remove too much moisture or the loaf might be dry.
  3. Whisk the eggs, oil and sugar together in a large bowl and then add the courgettes, vanilla extract and lemon or orange zest, if using.
  4. Combine the remaining ingredients in another bowl.
  5. Stir the dry ingredients into the courgette mixture and then pour into your prepared tin.
  6. Bake for 1 hour and then test by inserting a clean skewer into the centre as, if the courgettes were very juicy it make take a little longer. When the skewer comes out clean, remove the loaf from the oven and leave to cool.
Recipe Notes

This loaf is lovely just as it is but sprinkling demerara sugar over the top of the mixture before putting it into the oven will give it a sweet, crunchy topping.

Alternatively, after the loaf has cooled, top with a frosting made from cream cheese, butter and icing sugar - à la carrot cake.

Experiment with the spice mixture to find just the combination you like. Allspice and ginger work particularly well but beware of using too much ground cloves as it is a very strong flavour and can easily overpower the other ingredients.
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