Chocolate Courgette Cake

Corn, gluten, lactose, milk, nightshade, peanut, sesame, soya & wheat free

This is a dark fudgy cake with the courgette adding moisture but disappearing during cooking. Depending on the chocolate you use for the icing, you might want to add a little honey or agave syrup to it. I used Doves Farm flour which has xanthan gum added. If the blend you are using doesn't contain xanthan gum, you will need to add less than ½ tsp for this recipe.

Serves 8-10

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Ingredients

  • 125g self-raising gluten free flour
  • 30g cocoa powder
  • 160g brown sugar
  • 1 tsp molasses / golden syrup
  • 75ml oil (I used rice bran)
  • 1 egg
  • 50ml fruit juice
  • 1 medium courgette, finely grated
  • 100g walnuts
  • 100g dairy free chocolate
  • 50ml dairy free soya / oat / coconut cream

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 160oC fan / 180oC.
  2. Grease and line the base of a 20cm loose bottom cake tin.
  3. Mix the flour, cocoa powder and sugar together in a large mixing bowl.
  4. Add the molasses, oil, egg and fruit juice.
  5. Beat for a few minutes, ideally with an electric mixer or whisk.
  6. Stir in the courgettes and walnuts and pour into the tin.
  7. Bake for 40 minutes and then test with a skewer that the middle is cooked - mine needed a further 5 minutes.
  8. Leave to cool in the tin for about 10 minutes and then remove and place on a cooling rack.
  9. Melt the chocolate in a bowl over some boiling water or carefully in the microwave.
  10. When it has melted completely and cooled a little, add the cream and beat until smooth.
  11. When the cake has cooled completely, cover with the icing and leave to set.

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