Nan's zucchini loaf

This is a beautifully moist loaf that tastes of vanilla and cinnamon, not zucchini! It will keep in the fridge for a month - not that it will last that long! Pop some in the kids' lunchbox for a tasty snack that's a little bit healthy, too.

Ingredients

  • 3 eggs

  • 1 cup vegetable oil

  • 2 cups caster sugar

  • 1 1/2 tbsp vanilla extract

  • 3 cups plain flour

  • 2 baking powder

  • 1 bicarb soda

  • 3 tsp cinnamon

  • 2 cups grated zucchini

    2 small zucchinis

Allergy Advice

Contains Eggs

Contains Gluten

Contains Soy

Equipment

  • 1 electric mixer
  • 1 deep loaf pan
  • 1 small loaf pans
  • 1 bowl
  • 1 wire rack

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C. Butter the base of a deep loaf pan or two small loaf pans.
  2. Beat the eggs using an electric mixer, add the oil and beat until combined. Beat in sugar one cup at a time and then add vanilla.
  3. Sift flour, baking powder, soda and cinnamon together into a bowl.
  4. Add to egg mixture and beat until just combined. Stir in zucchini.
  5. Pour the mixture into prepared pans and bake for 30 minutes if using small pans or 50 minutes to 1 hour is using large pans, until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.
  6. Cool in pan for 15 minutes and then turn onto a wire rack to cool completely.

Notes

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It will keep in the fridge for a month.
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Better to use two loaf pans or a square cake tin.
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If you don’t have vanilla extract, use 3 teaspoons vanilla essence.
Tip
This is a beautifully moist loaf that tastes of vanilla and cinnamon, not zucchini!

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