Courgette Cake

This cake is a tasty way to solve the problem of your end-season courgette glut. It can also be made into a loaf, without the icing and the curd, for a simpler day-to-day lunchtime snack.

Courgette Cake

SERVES

10

PEOPLE

PREP TIME

25

MINUTES

COOKING TIME

35

MINUTES

Ingredients

  • 80g golden raisins

  • 3 eggs, lightly beaten

  • 165ml light sunflower oil

  • 190g golden caster sugar

  • 200g self raising flour

  • ¾ tsp baking powder

  • ¾ tsp bread soda

  • 330g courgette, grated with the medium side of a box grater

  • 4 tbsp lemon curd for the icing

  • 200g cream cheese

  • 2 tpsp honey

  • 1 tsp lemon juice

  • Zest of 1 lemon

  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

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