More courgette cake - Courgette & Cinnamon Loaf

Another cake recipe to use up that glut of courgettes from the garden, this one freezes beautifully wrapped in foil, so its a good one to make to store for another day. The recipe originally came from the BBC Vegetarian magazine (no longer published) many years ago. 

Ingredients

• 225g plain flour
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 2tsp bicarb
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 3 eggs beaten
• 1 tbsp golden syrup
• 150ml sunflower oil
• 100g light brown sugar
• 225g finely grated courgettes
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Method

Preheat the oven to 180C. Sieve the flour and cinnamon, bicarb, salt and baking powder into a large bowl, then add all other ingredients and mix thoroughly. Pour into a oiled and lined 2lb loaf tin. Its a fairly liquid mixture, but don't worry it rises wonderfully. Bake until cooked through when tested with a skewer, this normally takes 45-60 minutes, but depends on your oven. Cool initially in the tin and then remove to cool fully on a wire rack.

The loaf should be served in thick slices , buttered if you like. Delicious and different too. We have had builders in at home recently and this proved very popular.