Courgette, Pistachio and Orange Loaf Cake

Name: Courgette, Pistachio and Orange Loaf Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: Makes 1 loaf
Ingredients: 300 g/10½ oz/2¼ cups wholegrain spelt or wholemeal/whole-wheat flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 2 eggs; 75 g/2½ oz/½ cup shelled pistachio nuts, roughly chopped; 1 tbsp roughly chopped pistachio nuts; juice and zest of about ½ orange; 60 g/2¼ oz/½ cup icing/confectioners’ sugar, sifted; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 125 ml/4 fl oz/½ cup olive oil, plus extra for greasing; 2 tsp vanilla extract; 100 g/3½ oz/½ cup soft brown sugar; 350 g/12 oz/4 cups coarsely grated courgette/zucchini; finely grated zest of 1 orange

Preparation info

Makes
1
loaf

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 10

Appears in

In the Mood for Healthy Food

By Jo Pratt

Published 2015

About

This pretty loaf cake is packed with flavour and uses courgette/zucchini as its secret ingredient, making it slightly more healthy for you. I like to use spelt or wholemeal/whole-wheat flour for extra goodness, too. The orange glaze really lifts this cake to another level of tastiness.