Green Cake
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Monday 8th October 2007
This is a fantastic recipe - you're eating your greens and it tastes delicious. We made it for our launch and no-one guessed what it was made of. Tell them it is courgettes afterwards!
Courgette Cake
large handful sultanas
2 medium - large courgettes, grated using course side of box grater
2 large eggs
125ml vegetable oil
150g caster sugar
225g self-raising flour
1/2 teaspoon bicarb
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
2 sandwich tins, greased & lined
filling - good quality lemon curd with some lime juice to taste
icing:
200g tub organic cream cheese
100g icing sugar, sieved
juice of 1 lime
Preheat oven to 180 C
Grate courgettes.
Combine eggs, oil and sugar in bowl.
Sieve in flour, bicarb and baking powder and beat until well combined.
Stir in courgette and sultanas.
Pour into tins and bake for 30 minutes until slightly browned and firm to touch.
Once cool, sandwich with lemon curd in middle.
cream cheese icing on top - firm in fridge if preferred.
serves 8 people - or 2 people 4 times over :o)
From Nigella's book - Domestic Goddess