Spicy courgette cake

Name: Spicy courgette cake
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 65 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 100 g white flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 1 tbsp pine nuts; 3 eggs; 3 tbsp double cream cheese; 100 g grated Parmesan; 1 tbsp grated Parmesan; 400 g courgettes; 2 carrots; 1 potatoes; 1 red onions; 1 garlic cloves; 2 tbsp olive oil; ½ tsp nutmeg; ½ tsp sweet paprika; ½ tsp salt; a little pepper

Total: 1 hr 5 min. | Active: 30 min.

vegetarian, healthy and balanced

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Grated courgette adds lots of moisture to a bake, which is why it is also a popular ingredient in sweet bakes. In this recipe, however, we’re staying on the savoury side and using this summer vegetable to create a hearty, spicy and moist cake. You can use this as a basic recipe and add to it as you desire. Why not try it with olives, for example. Or sun-dried tomatoes.

Recipe by:
Nadja - LouMalou

Ingredients

for 4 person

Cake batter
400 g	courgettes, coarsely grated
2	carrots, coarsely grated
1	potato, coarsely grated
1	red onion, cut into thin rings
1	garlic clove, squeezed
1 tbsp	pine nuts, roasted
2 tbsp	olive oil
3	eggs, beaten
3 tbsp	double cream cheese
100 g	grated Parmesan
100 g	white flour
1 tsp	baking powder
½ tsp	nutmeg
½ tsp	sweet paprika
½ tsp	salt
a little	pepper

Cake
1 tbsp	grated Parmesan

How it's done

Cake batter

In a bowl, mix the courgette with all the other ingredients up to and including the oil. Mix in the eggs and cream cheese. Mix the cheese, flour and baking powder, mix into the cake batter, season.

Cake

Transfer the batter to the prepared tin, sprinkle with parmesan.

To bake

Approx. 35 mins. in the centre of an oven preheated to 180°C. Remove the cake from the oven, allow to cool slightly, remove from the tin and leave to cool completely on a rack.

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