Vegetable cake recipes

Inspired by the allotment, this fragrant, modern bake makes the most of a late-summer courgette crop

Carrot meets courgette cake in this ultimate vegetable bake from Good Food reader Katie Ready - smother in cream cheese icing and finish with chopped nuts

Delight friends with an afternoon tea that includes this easy carrot cake. You can bake the cake, freeze it and just drizzle over the icing on the day

Forget the carrot cake, this light, moist courgette cake is packed with flavour and it goes perfectly with a cup of tea

Nutritious beetroot adds sweetness and juiciness to this healthier squidgy chocolate traybake. Swap butter for rapeseed oil to lower the saturated fat too

Love carrot cake? Try this Brazilian-inspired take on the baking favourite, with a chocolate drizzle topping which takes it to new levels of deliciousness

Use up a glut of courgettes in this loaf cake. You won't taste them – mixing them into the batter creates a tender sponge that carries the lime flavour

Try something sweet made with celeriac. The nutty aniseed flavour in these moreish muffins works really well with the hazelnuts and soft cheese frosting

This easy autumnal bake combines grated marrow and chopped pecans in the sponge for a beautifully moist and crunchy texture. Top with maple soft cheese frosting

This cake uses a few shortcuts but the final result is a deliciously impressive dulce de leche and pumpkin spice-filled sponge

Turn a garden glut into something amazing with this delicious, moist cake and freeze one for later too

Top this classic carrot cake with moreish cream cheese icing and chopped walnuts or pecans. Serve as a sweet treat with a cup of tea any time of the day.

Try this delicious parsnip & maple syrup cake for your next weekend bake. Use up spare allotment veg and turn it into a tasty treat to share

With around half the fat of regular brownies, these are a slightly less guilty pleasure, but still have that intense chocolate hit

A novel way to use up root vegetables is to bake up a sweet, moist sponge with citrus flavours

Lovers of ginger cake and carrot cake should enjoy this one. It mellows and improves over a couple of days

Use grated pumpkin or butternut squash for these gorgeous, spiced cupcakes

This luscious cake is lemony and light, with an extra citrus kick from the lemon syrup drizzle

Use up your Halloween pumpkin leftovers in this dense, sticky loaf cake which pairs the sweet earthiness of squash with warming ginger

Big on flavour but light on texture, this easy bake is just as good packed into a tin for a picnic or served with Greek yogurt for dessert

Bake a simple and stunning carrot cake with cream cheese frosting for an afternoon tea or mid-morning treat. It tastes even better a day or two later

Enjoy this 'glut and nut' cake, made with excess courgettes and apples, with a cup of tea

Use up a garden glut in this sweet, spiced sponge loaf - the hidden veg keeps it moist and walnuts add crunch