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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Zucchini and Dried Cranberry Cake
- 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
