{"id":410,"date":"2009-02-16T16:50:42","date_gmt":"2009-02-16T16:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/juniorkitchen.com\/?p=410"},"modified":"2009-02-13T20:50:56","modified_gmt":"2009-02-13T20:50:56","slug":"courgette-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorkitchen.com\/?p=410","title":{"rendered":"Courgette Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The kids and I were looking for something special to celebrate Kitchen Dad\u2019s birthday and stumbled across this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.designspongeonline.com\/2009\/02\/in-the-kitchen-with-matt-armendariz-and-kristina-gill.html\">recipe<\/a>.\u00a0 The photographs were so beautiful, I just knew the cake would be special too. And it was! I tweaked it a bit to accommodate for ingredients I didn\u2019t have, like caster sugar (superfine sugar, but not as fine as icing sugar) and sultanas (essentially, golden raisins. Only not quite.).<\/p>\n<h3>Ingredients<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>1 stick butter, softened at room temperature<\/li>\n<li>1 cup sugar<\/li>\n<li>2 eggs<\/li>\n<li>2 small zucchini (in British, courgette. Don\u2019t ask why.)<\/li>\n<li>1 small apple<\/li>\n<li>1 cup\u00a0 flour<\/li>\n<li>Large pinch salt<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon baking powder<\/li>\n<li>Large pinch cinnamon<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup walnuts, chopped<\/li>\n<li>1\/2\u00a0 cup golden raisins<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Preheat oven to 325. Have some small, nimble fingers grease an 8\u00d75 loaf pan. Whip together butter and sugar until creamy and fluffy. Beat eggs and gradually mix them in, making sure each egg is fully incorporated before adding the next. <\/p>\n<p>Coarsely grate zucchini. Squeeze to remove any excess moisture (fun!), then add to batter. Cut the apple into small pieces and add them, too.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-412\" title=\"zuccake2\" src=\"http:\/\/juniorkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/zuccake2.jpg\" alt=\"zuccake2\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juniorkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/zuccake2.jpg 400w, https:\/\/juniorkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/zuccake2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mix flour, salt, baking powder and cinnamon, and gently fold into mixture. Stir in nuts and sultanas\/raisins.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-413\" title=\"zuccake1\" src=\"http:\/\/juniorkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/zuccake1.jpg\" alt=\"zuccake1\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juniorkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/zuccake1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/juniorkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/zuccake1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Transfer to pan and bake for 60 minutes or until golden and firm to the touch. I turned the heat up to 350 when the cake still looked undercooked at 60 minutes and baked it another 15 minutes until it turned golden brown.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-414\" title=\"zuccake\" src=\"http:\/\/juniorkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/zuccake.jpg\" alt=\"zuccake\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juniorkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/zuccake.jpg 500w, https:\/\/juniorkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/zuccake-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kitchen Dad was not disappointed.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The kids and I were looking for something special to celebrate Kitchen Dad\u2019s birthday and stumbled across this recipe.\u00a0 The photographs were so beautiful, I just knew the cake would be special too. And it was! 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