Courgette cake

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Cougette cake
Ingredients – serves 10
  • 80ml vegetable oil
  • 150g light brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 160g courgettes, coarsely grated
  • 180g plain flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 2 tbsp demerara sugar for sprinkling
Method
  1. Preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6. Grease a 900g/2lb loaf tin and line with a long strip of baking paper.
  2. In a bowl, mix together the oil, light brown sugar and eggs until smooth. Stir in the grated courgette.
  3. In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Tip the dry ingredients into the courgette mixture and stir until just combined.
  4. Transfer the batter to the prepared loaf tin and sprinkle the top with demerara sugar.
  5. Bake for 45–55 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the loaf comes out clean. Leave to cool in the tin for 20 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and leave to cool completely before slicing.

Recipe and image courtesy of BBC food