Courgette Cake
My lovely friend has been giving me lots of veg from her allotment. This week it was courgettes. I decided to make a cake, and was very happy with the result. Preheat oven 180C/gas 4 Grease and line a 200g loaf tin You need: 200 g margarine or butter, 200g caster sugar, 2 eggs, 150g courgettes, 1 small apple, 200g plain flour, 1/2 tspn baking powder, 1 tspn cinnamon, 60 g pecans or walnuts, 80g sultanas Beat the fat and sugar together till fluffy, add the beaten eggs a bit at a time. Coarsely grate the courgettes and apple then squeeze as much water as you can out of them and add to the mix. Mix the flour, baking powder and cinnamon together and gently fold into the mix. Stir in the chopped walnuts or pecans. Spoon into the tin and bake for an hour. Cool in the tin. Sorry there’s only half a loaf, but my son and family arrived and ate half before I could take a photo! The cake is very moist and I love the contrast between the crunchy nuts and the soft fruit. I cut the apple into qu