When Himself asked me what sort of cake I was baking for his birthday and I replied zucchini cakes his face fell.
“Zucchini?” he moaned, “as in courgette? Yuk.”
I paid him no heed and made them anyway.
And he loved them. Especially when I put birthday candles in.
You see you can’t taste the zucchini, it just helps keep the little cakes moist. Really these are little honey cakes and they are delicious! Want to make them? Here’s how…
NB: These are not vegan. Honey is up for debate amongst vegans but these have eggs in them, which isn’t up for debate. However these were special cakes for a special person 
To veganise you can replace the eggs with “flax-eggs” . Mix together one tablespoon of ground flax with three tablespoons of water for each egg. Beat together and let sit for about 10 minutes until it takes on the consistency of egg white and then use as you would the beaten egg.
You can replace the honey with maple syrup.
Mix together the following:-
1 grated courgette/zucchini
100g sugar
75ml honey
75ml olive oil
2 beaten eggs
250g flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
0.5 tsp cinnamon
Spoon the mix into muffin or cupcake cases (makes 9 muffins or 12 cupcakes) and sprinkle the tops with a pinch of rolled oats.
Bake for 30 minutes at 180*C/350*F/Gas Mark 4 and give to somebody you love. Or, you know, eat them all yourself!
These look yummy! I’ve never baked with courgette but have heard about the wonders of the zucchini cake on many an occasion.
I see a mid-week bakery project approaching – watch out world!
I better bookmark this recipe! Sounds tasty, plus my birthday is coming up. We always get way more zucchini from our farm share than we can reasonably make fritters with.
These look awesome! Just got some zucchini in my CSA this week. I think I’ll veganise it give it a try!
Peace.
I’m definitely going to make these! I’ve got a wonderful recipe for a chocolate zucchini cake and you’re right, you don’t even realise the zucchini is there, but it makes it moist and delicious. YUM!
I love zucchini in cake – banana and zucchini was my favourite, followed by carrot and zucchini. When I lived in Melbourne I grew them in my garden and had a glut of them – they all got turned in cakes!!!
This is perfect- I just got zucchini in my csa box and think I have ALL the ingredients! It was meant to be. (because normally I DON’T cook/bake very often haha!)
I baked these yesterday with a zucchini so huge I had to double the recipe. They were positively delectable.
Thank you so much for sharing it.