Name: Chocolate courgette cake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 350g self-raising flour; 50g cocoa powder; 1 tsp mixed spice; 175ml extra-virgin olive oil; 375g golden caster sugar; 3 eggs; 2 tsp vanilla extract; 500ml grated courgette (measure by volume in a measuring jug, but it's about 2 medium courgettes; if using 1 overgrown one, peel first and take out seeds); 140g toasted hazelnut roughly chopped; 200g dark chocolate chopped; 100ml double cream

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Chocolate courgette cake

Chocolate courgette cake

Celia Brooks Brown

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Serves 10

Easy

Prep: 10 mins

Cook: 1 hr

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Grated courgette gives this cake a lovely moist texture - a great way to use up a glut from your garden

Freezable (Can be frozen uniced)

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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350g self-raising flour
50g cocoa powder
1 tsp mixed spice
175ml extra-virgin olive oil
375g golden caster sugar
3 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
500ml grated courgette

(measure by volume in a measuring jug, but it's about 2 medium courgettes; if using 1 overgrown one, peel first and take out seeds)
140g toasted hazelnut

roughly chopped

For the icing

200g dark chocolate

chopped
100ml double cream

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal716
fat40g
saturates10g
carbs84g
sugars55g
fibre4g
protein10g
salt0.43g

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Method

step 1

Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. In a large bowl, combine the flour, cocoa powder, mixed spice and 1 tsp salt. In another bowl, combine the olive oil, sugar, eggs, vanilla essence and grated courgette. Mix the dry and wet mixture until just combined, then fold in the toasted hazelnuts. Line a 24cm cake tin with greaseproof paper, then pour in your mixture. Bake for about 40-50 mins, or until a knife inserted into the middle comes out clean. Cool in the tin for 10 mins, then turn out onto a wire rack and leave to cool.
step 2

To make the icing, place the chocolate in a bowl and bring cream to the boil in a saucepan. Pour the hot cream over the chocolate and stir until completely smooth and melted. Leave the icing to cool slightly and thicken, then spread it over the cake so it’s covered and the icing starts to drip down the sides. Serve with a cup of tea or enjoy as a pud with a spoonful of something creamy.

RECIPE TIPS

BAKING WITH COURGETTES

Courgettes can hold quite a lot of water, which can affect the finished texture of your cake. If your grated courgettes seem watery, place them into a clean cloth and wring out some of the liquid into a bowl. Then add the courgettes to the cake mixture as normal. The timing for cakes containing courgette can depend on the water content of your courgettes, so return the cake to the oven for another 10 mins if it needs it. Simply test with a skewer and make sure it comes out clean.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, July 2010

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