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Chocolate and Courgette Cake

29th September 2009 - By Michelle Minnaar
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What do you get when you let a toddler loose in the kitchen? A royal mess! Seriously, has anyone tried baking with a two year old?

Chocolate & Courgette Cake

A few weeks ago the last of this summer’s courgettes were ogling me from a corner in the kitchen. I had to use it somehow but we have all overdosed on eating it as a vegetable. Then on the not-so-hot summer’s day I got the crazy idea that Gabriel and I should start baking together.

It will be fun! Well, it was for him more than me. What was addictive to see was the endless amount of enthusiasm he showed for our little project.

The Aftermath

Shaking with excitement he completely missed pouring the carefully measured flour in the mixing bowl. Just as I started swearing under my breath he looked up at me with sparkling eyes with a huge grin on his face.

Due to physical constraints he could only smile so big and the rest of his happiness radiated from his whole being. How could I possibly get annoyed with him?

Happy Gabriel

The biggest mistake I made was letting him run through the rest of the house before cleaning him up first. The trail of devastation could be seen everywhere; drips on the carpet and sticky finger smears on the furniture.

But you know what? It was fun and we’re doing it again!

By the way, if you love all things chocolate, you should check out this chocolate concrete! Stuck with overgrown courgettes, also known as marrows? Check out this roast marrow recipe!

Chocolate and Courgette Cake
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Chocolate and Courgette Cake


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  • Author: Michelle Minnaar
  • Prep Time: 45 minutes
  • Cook Time: 15 minutes
  • Total Time: 60 minutes
  • Yield: 12 1x
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Ingredients

  • 120g (4 oz) softened unsalted butter
  • 125ml (4½ fl oz) sunflower oil
  • 100g (3½ oz) caster sugar
  • 200g (½ lb) soft brown sugar
  • 3 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 130ml (4½ fl oz) milk
  • 350g (¾ lb) plain flour
  • 10ml (2 tsp) baking powder
  • 60ml (4 tbsp) cocoa powder
  • 450g (1lb) courgettes, peeled and finely grated
  • 5ml (1 tsp) vanilla extract

Instructions

  1. Put the butter, oil and both sugars in a bowl and beat them together until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in the eggs and then the milk.
  2. Sift the dry ingredients together and fold them into the mixture. Stir in the courgettes and vanilla, then spoon the mixture into a 20 x 35xm baking tin lined with baking parchment. Place in an oven preheated to 190°C/fan 170°C/ fan 375°F/gas 4 and bake for 35-45 minutes, until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean. Cut into squares whilst still warm.

Notes

  • While I simply dusted mine with icing sugar, I felt something more was needed to complete this cake. Use the chocolate icing from this chocolate cake or simply enjoy with ice cream.

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 serving
  • Calories: 388
  • Sugar: 9.919 g
  • Sodium: 162 mg
  • Fat: 20.36 g
  • Saturated Fat: 7.395 g
  • Carbohydrates: 49.526 g
  • Protein: 6.806 g
  • Cholesterol: 66 mg

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  1. chocolate shavings says

    1st October 2009 at 12:04 am

    That cake sounds amazing and what a cute photo of your son is adorable!

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  2. Adventures of Alice says

    4th October 2009 at 9:35 pm

    This looks delicious! I’ve made cookies and bread with courgettes, I’ll now have to try cakes! Thanks for sharing this recipes

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  3. WizzyTheStick says

    4th October 2009 at 10:19 pm

    Who can blame your son. Just look at that lovely picture. I want to dive right in it myself!

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  4. Carmen says

    6th October 2009 at 7:04 am

    This sounds yum. Have made courgette and walnut loaf before – that’s delicious, comes out kind of gingery and not dissimilar to carrot cake.

    Cooking with the kids so much stress yet so muh fun all rolled into one 😀 You can’t beat the expression on their faces 😉

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  5. Jonathan says

    19th October 2009 at 11:20 pm

    What a great recipe and I cannot believe what a cool picture of your son that is. Nice stuff.

    What’s the story about using courgette? Does it make it lighter?

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  6. Jonathan says

    19th October 2009 at 11:20 pm

    What a great recipe and I cannot believe what a cool picture of your son that is. Nice stuff.

    What’s the story about using courgette? Does it make it lighter?

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  7. Robyn says

    24th February 2010 at 12:40 pm

    Very interesting! I’m not normally a courgette fan but looking at Gabriel and the fun he’s having..

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  8. Samantha says

    14th March 2010 at 4:43 pm

    I have only tried making chocolate cake with beetroot and it tastes lovely (with a hint of maroon). Will have to give courgette a try then. By the way, Gabriel looked so adorable!

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  9. Renil M. George says

    8th October 2017 at 6:22 pm

    I love chocolate cake.

    ★★★★★

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    • michelle says

      21st October 2017 at 10:56 pm

      Me too. You don’t even taste the courgettes here 🙂

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  10. Serena says

    30th November 2019 at 1:33 pm

    sound super healthy!!!!!!! xoxoxoxo

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