Name: Courgette and Lemon Drizzle Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 200 g Grated courgette; 150 g Caster sugar; 1 Egg; 125 ml Vegetable oil; 200 g Plain flour; 0.50 tsp Salt; 0.50 tsp Bicarbonate of soda; 0.25 tsp Baking powder; 1 tsp Cinnamon; 2 tsp Lemon juice; 75 g Icing sugar; 1 tbsp Lemon juice; 2 tsp Lemon zest

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A tasty way to use that glut of courgettes

Yields8 Servings

Prep Time15 minsCook Time45 minsTotal Time1 hr

200 g Grated courgette

150 g Caster sugar

1 Egg

125 ml Vegetable oil

200 g Plain flour

0.50 tsp Salt

0.50 tsp Bicarbonate of soda

0.25 tsp Baking powder

1 tsp Cinnamon

2 tsp Lemon juice

FOR THE DRIZZLE

75 g Icing sugar

1 tbsp Lemon juice

2 tsp Lemon zest

Heat oven to 160c

Grease a loaf tin

Beat together the courgette, sugar ,egg and oil

In a separate bowl sieve the flour , bicarb,baking powder , salt and cinnamon , stir through the lemon zest

Add the flour mixture to the courgette mix and stir until just blended

Pour into prepared tin .Bake for 45 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean

Mix the drizzle ingredients

Remove cake from the oven and let cool for about 10 minutes

Poke holes in the cake with a skewer . Pour over the drizzle mix

Remove from tin and allow to cool completely on a rack

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