Courgette loaf cake

Garden glut cake recipe for 4 - 8 people, takes only 20 mins; recipe has butter, large egg, vegetable oil, brown sugar, courgette, vanilla extract, plain flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder, walnut and sultana.

Courgette loaf cake

Courgette loaf cake

Recipe by Chef Soomro Course: Garden glut cake
Servings

4 - 8

servings
Prep time

15 mins

Ingredients

  • Vegetable Oil: 125ml vegetable oil
  • Courgette: 350g courgette, coarsely grated
  • Butter: butter, for the tin
  • Brown Sugar: 85g soft brown sugar
  • Cinnamon: 2 tsp cinnamon
  • Nutmeg: 1/4 tsp nutmeg
  • Plain Flour: 300g plain flour
  • Bicarbonate Of Soda: 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • Baking Powder: 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • Sultana: 140g sultana
  • Walnut: 85g walnut, roughly chopped
  • Vanilla Extract: 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • Large Egg: 2 large eggs

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Butter and line a 2lb loaf tin with baking parchment. In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, oil and sugar, then add the courgettes and vanilla.
  2. In another bowl, combine the remaining ingredients with a pinch of salt.
  3. Stir the dry ingredients into the wet mixture, then pour into the tin. Bake for 1 hr, or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Leave to cool, then serve, or freeze for up to 1 month.