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Courgette and pistachio cake

Name: Courgette and pistachio cake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Ingredients: ¾ cup canola oil; ¾ cup sugar; 2 eggs, lightly beaten; 2 tsp vanilla essence; ½ cup pistachio nuts, chopped; 1 ½ cups courgette, grated; 1 cup white self-raising flour; 1 cup wholemeal self-raising flour; 1 ½ tsp cinnamon; ¾ tsp nutmeg

Serves: 12

Prep: 10

Cook: 30

A dessert with a twist, kept fluffy and moist with grated courgette and delicately flavoured by pistachio nuts.

Ingredients

¾ cup canola oil
¾ cup sugar
2 eggs, lightly beaten
2 tsp vanilla essence
½ cup pistachio nuts, chopped
1 ½ cups courgette, grated
1 cup white self-raising flour
1 cup wholemeal self-raising flour
1 ½ tsp cinnamon
¾ tsp nutmeg

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Method

Step 1
Place oil, sugar, eggs and vanilla into a large bowl, mix well with an electric mixer.
Step 2
Add pistachio nuts, courgette and sifted dry ingredients, mix until well combined. Pour mixture into a lightly greased and lined 19cm x 29cm lamington tin.
Step 3
Bake in hot oven (200°C) for 30 minutes or until cooked.
Step 4
Serve dusted with icing sugar or topped with cream cheese icing and some extra chopped pistachio nuts.