Garden glut cake recipes
Deliciously moist cakes made with courgette, parsnip, beetroot and pumpkin as well as old favourite, carrot.
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Beetroot brownies
- Ready in 55 mins
With around half the fat of regular brownies, these are a slightly less guilty pleasure, but still have that intense chocolate hit
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Zesty carrot & ginger loaf
- Ready in 1 hr 25 mins
Lovers of ginger cake and carrot cake should enjoy this one. It mellows and improves over a couple of days
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Frosted courgette & lemon cake
- Ready in 1 hr
This luscious cake is lemony and light, with an extra citrus kick from the lemon syrup drizzle
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Hazelnut fruitcake
- Ready in 1 hr 40 mins
Enjoy this 'glut and nut' cake, made with excess courgettes and apples, with a cup of tea
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Blitz-and-bake beetroot & chocolate cake
- Ready in 1 hr 15 mins
Beetroot is actually very sweet and keeps this rich chocolate loaf wonderfully moist
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Chocolate courgette cake
- Ready in 1 hr 10 mins
Grated courgette gives this cake a lovely moist texture - a great way to use up a glut from your garden
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Catherine Berwick's Parsnip & maple syrup cake
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- Ready in 1 hr 5 mins
The winner of Good Food's 20th birthday cake competition, we think this is the new carrot cake
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Yummy scrummy carrot cake
- Ready in 1 hr 15 mins
The lightest and most enticingly moist carrot cake you will ever come across - just find a good hiding place for it!
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Carrot cake with cinnamon frosting
- Ready in 1 hr 20 mins
Who can resist a slice of moist, frosting-topped carrot cake with a warming cuppa?
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Sugar-dusted passion cake
- Ready in 1 hr 20 mins
This is a cross between a carrot cake and a hummingbird cake – a very popular fruity bake Down Under
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Coconut carrot slices
- Ready in 50 mins
If you’re looking for a treat for afternoon tea, or something to make for a cake sale, try this crunchy-topped traybake
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The ultimate makeover: Carrot cake
- Ready in 1 hr 30 mins
Angela Nilsen rethinks traditional ingredients and baking techniques to create a healthier version of a classic
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Halloween pumpkin cake
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- Ready in 50 mins
Like carrot cake? Then try using up your leftover pumpkin in this clever traybake for Halloween
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Pumpkin & ginger teabread
- Ready in 1 hr 30 mins
A moist cake bread to serve thickly sliced and buttered- it's good for lunchboxes and with a cup of tea
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Gluten-free lemon drizzle cake
- Ready in 1 hr 10 mins
With a special surprise ingredient, this gluten free cake stays beautifully moist. To everyone’s amazement it's mash potato!
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