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: 125 ml/4 fl oz/½ cup olive oil, plus extra for greasing; 75 g/2½ oz/½ cup shelled pistachio nuts, roughly chopped; juice and zest of about ½ orange; 2 eggs; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 60 g/2¼ oz/½ cup icing/confectioners’ sugar, sifted; 100 g/3½ oz/½ cup soft brown sugar; 2 tsp vanilla extract; 350 g/12 oz/4 cups coarsely grated courgette/zucchini; 1 tsp baking powder; 300 g/10½ oz/2¼ cups wholegrain spelt or wholemeal/whole-wheat flour; finely grated zest of 1 orange; 1 tbsp roughly chopped pistachio nuts

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.

Ingredients

125 ml/4 fl oz/½ cup olive oil, plus extra for greasing
2

Cake
Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas 4. Oil a 1kg/2lb 4oz loaf pan and line the base with baking parchment.

Lightly beat together the eggs, olive oil, sugar and vanilla extract. Stir in the grated courgette/zucchini and orange zest.

In a separate bowl, combine the flour,