Food

Courgette and blueberry cake

Description:
Blueberries and courgette in a cake are a perfect match making this a huge hit.

Main ingredients:
Dairy, Flour, Fruit, Eggs, Vegetables, Sugar, Oil, Spice

Ingredients:
3 eggs, lightly beaten
250ml vegetable oil
3 tsp vanilla extract
450g caster sugar
250g grated courgette
375g plain flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tbsp ground cinnamon
325g fresh blueberries

Courgette and blueberry cakeMethod:
Preheat the oven to 180°C / 350°F / Gas mark 4.
Lightly grease 2 large baking tins.
In a large bowl, beat together the eggs, oil, vanilla and sugar.
Stir in the courgette.
Beat in the flour, salt, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and the cinnamon.
Gently fold in the blueberries.
Transfer to the prepared tins.
Bake for 50 minutes or until a knife inserted in the centre of a loaf comes out clean.
Cool 20 minutes in the tins then turn out onto wire racks to cool completely before serving.

Serves: 12
Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 50 minutes
Recipe Type: Cakes & Baking, Dessert
Level of Difficulty: Easy

Search
Search results for
View all