Ingredients
350g Self Raising Flour
2 tsp ginger
250g caster sugar
3 eggs
6 tbsp sunflour oil
Rind of 1 ½ oranges (finely grated)
Juice of 1 orange
250g courgettes (coarsely grated)
2 tsp baking powder
Topping
14 oz icing sugar
3 tbsp orange juice
Rind of ½ orange
Method
Preheat oven to Gas 4, 180C
Grease or line a 9 cake tin
Sift flour, baking powder and ginger into a large mixing bowl
Stir in the sugar with a wood spoon
Add the eggs, oil, orange rind and juice into a separate bowl and pour over the flour mixture
Stir until well blended
Add the grated courgettes
Spoon mixture into cake tin
Bake for 45-50 mins or until skewer comes out of the cake clean
Transfer to wire rack
Cool for 5 mins
Take out of tin and leave to cool on the wire rack
For the topping, combine the icing sugar with the orange juice and rind
Spread over the top of the cake
Oooh my mouth is watering already – I’ve eaten a courgette and lime cake which is also delicious!
Yes, I’d had the courgette and lime and so I just thought I wonder if it would be nice with orange and its rather delicious. I’ve got an afternoon tea lunch here next week so I’m playing at recipes at the moment. :):)
Mmmm…Most interesting B! Must make a copy of this…. ;)xx
Thanks very much Bushka, I hope you enjoy it 🙂 xx
I’ll have some with my coffee later this morning. lol