Veronica is a born and raised Italian. She inherited her…
This slightly sweet cake is a great way to use up zucchini when you have a lot coming out of your garden.
Photo G. Giustolisi
Recipe from A Modern Italian Table (New Holland Publishers) available on Amazon and the best US online bookshops
Zucchini (courgettes), are in season, and together with dried cranberries they make a winning combination in this delicious cake—perfect for spring and summer breakfast.
This is a perfect recipe to make with children. It is great to involve them in preparing cakes like this because it teaches them to vary the ingredients, allows them to try different flavours and encourages them to eat more fruit and vegetables.
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- Author: Veronica Lavenia
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
Description
This slightly sweet cake is a great way to use up zucchini when you have a lot coming out of your garden.
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 75 ml 21/4 fl oz mild extra virgin olive oil (or 100 ml/31/2 fl oz cold-pressed organic sunflower oil)
- 80 g 23/4 oz raw coconut sugar
- 200 g 7 oz brown rice flour, sifted
- 50 g 13/4 oz buckwheat flour, sifted
- 15 g 1/2 oz organic baking powder
- 1 tablespoon bourbon vanilla powder
- 1 banana
- 2 zucchini (courgettes, grated)
- 1 handful dried cranberries (sugar and palm oil free)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F/Gas 4). Lightly grease and line a 22 cm (81/2 inch) springform tin with baking paper.
- Using an electric mixer, beat the eggs with the olive oil and sugar. Add the flour, baking powder and cinnamon and mix until well combined.
- Peel the banana and mash in a bowl using a fork. Add the flour to the banana, along with grated zucchini.
- Add the dried cranberries.
- Pour the batter into the tin and bake for 40 minutes, or until golden brown. Cool in the tin for 5 minutes before lifting out carefully onto a wire rack to cool completely.
- Category: Baking
Veronica is a born and raised Italian. She inherited her love for travel, passion for cooking and natural, sustainable, healthy slow food from her parents. Her works have appeared in 'Vegetarian Living', 'Veggie Magazine', 'Lifestyle food', 'Australian Good Food & Travel Guide', 'Chickpea' and 'Free from Heaven', among others. She is the author of "Panini: the simple tastes of Italian style bread"; 'The Rustic Italian bakery", "The Vegetarian Italian Kitchen" and "A Modern Italian table", published by New Holland Publishers Australia.