Saturday 7 September 2013

Zucchini and Apple Cake

Yes, I am Irish and zucchinis are really called courgettes in my brain but courgettes do seem to be chiefly used in cakes in North America and so zucchini cake, it is.

We were given a very large zucchini by our neighbour so baking had to be the way to go.
I made chocolate zucchini muffins (from some recipe on Pinterest that I did not save...well, the recipe was for cake/bread but I didn't have a suitable cake tin so made muffins and Z1 enjoyed them for her first week of school at lunch) with one half of the courgette and Z1 wanted to bake on the following rainy Saturday. She wanted to put apple in it and so we did. She had strong ideas about the apple  -  it was to be peeled and chopped but NOT grated and not sliced and put on the top a la upside down cake or as decoration.

Here is the recipe we used:

INGREDIENTS
2 cups of flour
2 cups of light brown sugar
2 tsp of baking soda
1tsp of baking powder
1/2tsp of salt (recipe said 1tsp but I found the muffins of earlier in the week too salty so cut it down)
1tsp of cinnamon (I might use 2 next time)
1 cup of oil
3 eggs, beaten
2tsp of vanilla
2 cups of grated zucchini (I left the peel on, you can do either - taking it off will mean it's easier to pass  off as not containing vegetables if that's what you want to do!)
1 Granny Smith apple, peeled and chopped into pieces, kind of dice-sized, probably a bit bigger.      Roughly cubed, I guess one could say.

METHOD

  1. Preheat oven to 350F
  2. Grease your loaf tin/cake tin (we used a cake tin)
  3. Mix dry ingredients together 
  4. Add vanilla essence, egg and oil to the dry ingredients and mix well
  5. Add in the grated zucchini and mix well
  6. Mix in the chopped apple and try to distribute it evenly throghout the mix 
  7. Pour into cake tin and check again to distribute the apples evenly
  8. Bake for about 1h10minutes...not sure if I should have made it 375C for shorter or what but tis took a LONG time to bake.
  9. Leave to cool in tin for 10 minutes and then remove and allow to cool on a wire rack

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