Chocolate Courgette Cake

[HEPZIBAH]

I hear courgettes are in season in Egypt at the moment. Here's a yummy recipe to help you with your 'Five a Day' !

CHOCOLATE COURGETTE CAKE
　
6oz Good plain chocolate
7oz Plain flour
4oz Caster sugar
8oz Peeled weight Courgettes
2 Large eggs - beaten
6fl oz Vegetable oil
1teasp Baking powder
½ “ Bi-Carbonate of Soda
½ “ Salt
　
　
　
Finely grate the courgettes collecting any juice to add to the mixture.
Pre heat the oven to 360f / 180c or Gas mark 4.
Sift all the dry ingredients together into a large bowl.
Add the vegetable oil to the eggs and beat together then add to the dry ingredients.
Melt the chocolate either over hot water or in a microwave and add to the bowl of mixture.
Mix well and then add the grated courgettes - stir well to combine.
Divide the mixture between two sandwich tins and bake for 25-30 minutes.
The cakes should be well risen and coming slightly away from the sides of the tins.
Remove from the oven and leave for 5 minutes before turning onto a wire rack to cool.
Filling
4oz melted chocolate stirred into a ¼ pint of soured cream or fromage frais or crème fraiche. Alternatively use butter cream or fresh cream if preferred.
　
　
It may also be cooked for 45-50 minutes in a 2lb loaf tin and served with cream / ice cream or chocolate sauce.

[LovelyLadyLux]

Wowwwwwwwwwwww Hepzi - do you deliver? I'll take FIVE!!!!!!!!!!

[HEPZIBAH]

Wowwwwwwwwwwww Hepzi - do you deliver? I'll take FIVE!!!!!!!!!!

It was a dream of my mothers to have a little Tea Shop with home made cakes. Both she and my father were excellent bakers of simple (I mean non iced and decorated cakes) traditional cakes. I did used to do baking for other people, either in their own home or mine, but I can't do it these days. I do still love looking at recipes though!


I sent a similar Chocolate Courgette Cake recipe over to a lady in Luxor yesterday morning and it was the feature of afternoon tea served with strawberries and natural yogurt.

I also sent her another Courgette Cake recipe (which I've not tried but looked yummy too) which is more on the lines of Carrot Cake. I'll dig it out again and post later.

I tried some Chocolate and Beetroot cake a while back and it was excellent, far superior to some I'd bought at a fete. I've asked for the recipe for that but not received it yet.

[LovelyLadyLux]

Well all your talk of cakes and recipes is making my mouth water like crazy. Think I gained a couple pounds last night just reading the recipes!