Chocolate courgette cake

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• evie.g

  11 September 2010

  evie.g rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Absolutely marvelous! i was really happy to find this recipie so I could finally get rid of those courgettes we've been eating for ages! and I was not dissapointed. Easy to make- it took me 8 min to prepare- u can't fault that when u've got kids, tasted wonderful and u get to see some funny faces too when people find out it's made with a giant courgette!

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• jenniferkendrick

  11 September 2010

  jenniferkendrick commented on this recipe

  very very nice....as suggested I reduced the sugar to 250g. I couldn't wait until it cooled and it was lovely, would be nice with vanilla ice cream I'm sure!

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• Galina

  16 September 2010

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• rustylady

  17 September 2010

  rustylady commented on this recipe

  A lovely moist cake - took this to work and they loved it. My daughters boyfriend doesn't eat veg but adores chocolate, he'd eaten this cake several times before he found out what was in it - he still loves it and asks for more!

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• tinysparkles*

  20 September 2010

  tinysparkles* commented on this recipe

  have made this twice now and everybody loves it. baked it as a cake first time round then used the same mixture and made muffins instead - delicious and good size, less crumbly than the cake version. i found that the courgette contained too much moisture so before i added the grated courgette into the wet mix, i laid it out on kitchen towl to soak some of the water. cake did need quite alot longer in the oven though, i think mine baked for 1hr30. muffins only took 20mins per batch!

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• Yummy

  23 September 2010

  Yummy commented on this recipe

  Have made this 3 times now and varied the ingredients to suit my taste, less sugar, used sunflower oil instead of EVOO and added the juice of an orange to the batter and the zest to the chocolate ganache, sliced the cake in half and spread it with marmalade..... served with a creme fraiche fluide (no single or double cream here in France) WOW!!! what a lovely "Terry's Chocolate Orange" taste it was !!! Brilliant cake, so easy and very adaptable.

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• Debs

  23 September 2010

  Debs rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This was lovely, and no one could taste the courgette. I used a simple frosting with melted butter, milk, cocoa and icing sugar as I baked it for a cake stall and thought it would go down better with the children! I also left out the hazlenuts but sprinkled some chopped ones on top before the icing had set, delicious!

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• Clare

  29 September 2010

  Clare rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This was a lovely moist cake. All the family loved it. I left out the nuts as my children don't like them and made some chocolate buttercream icing for the top. My children always turn their noses up at courgette, so I didn't tell what was in the cake. I only told them when all the cake had been eaten (most of it by them). They were really surprised and they didn't hate me for not telling them. They asked me to make it again.

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• brazilnut

  21 October 2010

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• Jo Adams

  09 November 2010

  Jo Adams rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Cake was really 'big' and we didn't manage to finish it all. Still not comvinced about vegetables in cakes!

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• peacock

  26 November 2010

  peacock rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This is a lovely cake. I baked it for 1hr 10mins. I used 150g dark and 50g milk chocolate in the topping and it was perfect. I don't think the cake was too sweet and would use the full amount of sugar again.

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• motherhen

  22 February 2011

  motherhen rated and commented on this recipe

  

  gorgeous, I didn't use as much as oil as the recipe states and it still turned out nice and moist.

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• ladyp1983

  18 March 2011

  ladyp1983 commented on this recipe

  If you are prone to eating raw cake mix this is a sure no no as its not very nice, once cooked its a bit better im hoping that by tomorrow the favours willhave developed better.

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• Karen

  18 April 2011

  Karen rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Nice cake, but not what I was expecting. Mine turned out very moist (you wouldn't know it had courgettes in unless you read the recipe= cheeky way to get some veg in your kids!) It was, howver, not really chocolatey enough for me -q

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• Karen

  18 April 2011

  Karen commented on this recipe

  Nice cake, but not what I was expecting. Mine turned out very moist (you wouldn't know it had courgettes in unless you read the recipe= cheeky way to get some veg in your kids!) It was, howver, not really chocolatey enough for me -quite bitter in fact. But still very nice. I would give it 4 stars, but it won't le me change it from the 3 I gave it at first!

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• autumnlight

  14 May 2011

  autumnlight commented on this recipe

  I loved this recipe. Left out the nuts and made it into fairy cakes, rather than one big one. Perfect with a cup of tea!!

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• cherristar

  25 May 2011

  cherristar rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I can't recommend this recipe enough, my kids absolutely loved it and didn't believe me at first when I said that it had courgettes in. Yum :)

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• doubledeckergal

  19 June 2011

  doubledeckergal commented on this recipe

  Really easy and very scrummy, even my husband liked it and he hates anything too sweet, was lovely will defo make it again and have just given the reciepe my mother who is a expert cake maker.

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• chinny

  06 July 2011

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• Mini-Chef

  09 July 2011

  Mini-Chef rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I loved this cake!! It was so yummy!!

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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 courgettes (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 hazelnuts , roughly chopped

FOR THE ICING

• 200g dark chocolate , chopped
• 100ml double cream

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Serves 10

Preparation and cooking times

Prep 10 mins

Cook 1 hr

Can be frozen uniced

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 courgettes (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 hazelnuts , roughly chopped

FOR THE ICING

• 200g dark chocolate , chopped
• 100ml double cream

Per serving

716 kcalories, protein 10g, carbohydrate 84g, fat 40 g, saturated fat 10g, fibre 4g, sugar 55g, salt 0.43 g

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