As part of my Courgette day, to accompany the puff potato and courgette pie…. clearly I had an abundance of courgettes!

For this one, I was inspired by a recipe from Anna Olson and made it my own…. I will add the American measurements which  I used this time as many times have I heard it doesn’t work the same… it does!

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup melted butter – 125g
• 2 eggs, slightly beaten
• 2/3 cup sugar – 130g ( I mixed in light brown for colour)
• 1 to 2 tsp of finely grated orange zest: as you prefer but you don’t want it to overpower the taste
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 ½ cup flour – 200g
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
• ¼ salt
• ½ tsp ground vanilla
• 1 ½ cup grated courgettes, loosely packed
• chocolate chips, as little or as much as wanted

Streusel topping:

as in: https://farandoleofcakes.com/2014/07/17/banana-cake-with-streusel-topping/ but substitute 1 tbsp of cocoa powder with flour

Preparation:

• Preheat oven to 180°C/ 160°fan/ Gas 4 and grease or line a loaf tin
• Beat the butter, eggs, sugar, zest and vanilla extract together in a large bowl
• In a separate bowl, sift the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, salt and vanilla powder
• Stir in the courgette to coat it with the flour
• Add this to the wet mixture, stirring until just blended.
• Stir in the chocolate chips (if using) and scrape the batter into the prepared pan
• Top evenly with streusel
• Bake in the oven for 50 to 60mn, until tester comes out clean
• Cool the cake completely in the pan until turning out to slice and enjoy!