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Chocolate courgette cake

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Chocolate courgette cake

Pudding & Cake Serves 6 55 min
Courgettes make a cake moist and sweet, a little as ground almonds do. We like to use this recipe to persuade children of the virtues of vegetables. It is a regular feature of the lunch we prepare for Landscove Primary School and the children love it.

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
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Method

Prep time: 10 min
Cooking time: 45 min

  • Step 1

    Preheat oven to 190°C/Gas 5. Grease a 20x35cm baking tin and line with baking parchment.

  • Step 2

    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.

  • Step 3

    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.

  • Step 4

    Bake for 35-45 minutes, until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean. Cut into squares whilst still warm.