Courgette, lime & chocolate chip loaf cake

Ingredients


  • 250g plain flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 125g unsalted butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
  • 125g light brown muscovado sugar
  • 3 medium Waitrose British Blacktail Free Range Eggs, beaten
  • Finely grate zest and juice of 1 lime
  • 250g courgettes, trimmed and coarsely grated 
  • 100g Cooks’ Homebaking Dark Chocolate Curls



Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C, gas mark 4. Sift together the flour, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda. Beat the butter and sugar together in a mixing bowl until creamy.

2. Beat in the eggs a tablespoon at a time, followed by the lime zest. Fold in the sifted flour mixture, grated courgettes and the lime juice. Fold in the chocolate curls.

3. Spoon the mixture into a greased and base-lined 900g loaf tin and level the surface. Bake for 45-50 minutes until well risen and golden and a skewer inserted into the centre of the loaf comes out clean.

4. Leave in the tin for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack. Remove the paper and leave to cool. Serve in slices.