Courgette cake
5
Points®
Total time: 50 min • Prep: 25 min • Cook: 25 min • Serves: 8 • Difficulty: Easy
Move aside carrots! Courgettes are making a surge with this wonderfully tasty sweet treat. Invite your friends round for coffee and enjoy a slice on the side.
Ingredients
Calorie controlled cooking spray
6 spray(s)
Courgette
250 g
Low Fat Spread
75 g
Artificial sweetener
10 g
Orange
1 medium
Egg, whole, raw
2 medium, raw
Wholemeal Flour
200 g
Baking powder
0.5 teaspoon(s), level
Ground Cinnamon
0.5 teaspoon(s), level
Mixed Spice
0.5 teaspoon(s), level
Low Fat Soft Cheese
100 g
Icing Sugar
10 g
Instructions
1
Preheat the oven to 180°C, fan 160°C, gas mark 4. Mist a 450g loaf tin with cooking spray and line with baking parchment.
2
Squeeze the moisture out of the courgettes. Set aside. Beat the low fat spread with the sweetener, orange juice and zest, and eggs. Sift in the flour, baking powder and spices. Stir in the courgettes. Transfer to the tin, bake for 20–25 mins, then cool on a rack. Beat the cheese with the icing sugar. Spread over the cake and decorate with the orange zest.
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