Courgette Chocolate Cake
Looking for a tasty way to incorporate more veggies into your little one's diet? Or perhaps use up some of the glut of home-grown courgettes? This recipe is a great choice! Courgettes make a cake moist, sweet and delicious. A perfect late summer treat.
Serves 6
55 min
Ingredients
- 120g softened unsalted butter
- 125ml sunflower oil
- 100g caster sugar
- 200g soft brown sugar
- 3 eggs, lightly beaten
- 130ml milk
- 350g plain flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 4 tbsp cocoa powder
- 450g courgettes, peeled and finely grated (If after grating your courgettes seems particularly watery, wrap them up in a tea towel and wring some of the water out.)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Method
Prep time: 10 min
Cooking time: 45 min
- Preheat oven to 190°C/Gas 5. Grease a 20x35cm baking tin and line with baking parchment.
- Put the butter, sunflower oil and both sugars in a bowl and beat them together until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in the eggs and then the milk.
- Sift the dry ingredients together and fold them into the butter mixture. Stir in the courgettes and vanilla, then spoon the mixture into the tin.
- Bake for 35-45 minutes, until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean. Cut into squares whilst still warm.
Thank you to Riverford for this delicious recipe!