Chocolate Courgette Cake
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Ingredients
- 250g courgettes coarsely grated
- 2 eggs
- 100 ml vegetable oil
- 1 orange grated rind and juice
- 125g caster sugar
- 225g self-raising flour
- 2 tbsp. cocoa powder
- ½ tsp. bicarbonate of soda
- ½ tsp. baking powder
- 50g ready-to-eat apricots chopped
- -------- for the topping:
- 200g pack extra light cream cheese
- 1 tbsp. orange curd
- 1 tbsp. hazelnuts toasted and chopped
Accompaniment
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Description
It may seem strange adding courgettes to a cake, but you have probably tried and enjoyed carrot cake so why not give this a go?
Method
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1.Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/gas mark 4. Grease and line a 8cm, deep loose-bottomed cake tin.
2.Place the courgettes in a sieve and squeeze out any excess liquid.
3.Beat together the eggs, oil, orange rind and juice and the sugar. Sieve in the flour, cocoa powder, bicarbonate of soda and baking powder and beat to combine.
4.Fold in the courgettes and apricots then spoon into the prepared tin. Bake for 40 minutes until risen and firm to touch.
5.Turn out onto a cooling rack and cool.
6.Beat together the cream cheese and the orange curd and smooth over the top. Sprinkle over the nuts.
Brilliant cake! At last an answer for all those courgettes! It turned out beautifully.