A sweet way to use courgettes. Perfect for any celebration.
Ingredients
For the cake
400g Courgettes (*200g grated, strained)
300g Sunflower oil
450g Caster sugar
Zest of 3 Limes
450g Plain flour
1.5 tsp Baking powder
4 Eggs, lightly beaten
1 tsp Vanilla extract
Juice of ½ Lime
½ tsp Salt
3 sprigs Lemon thyme, destalked
150g Glace Morello Cherries, halved
For the frosting
135g Unsalted butter, softened and cubed
290g Mascarpone or soft cream cheese, at room temperature
460g Icing sugar, sieved
Zest of ½ Lime
2 tbsp Lime juice
1 tsp Vanilla extract
To Finish
20g Pistachios, roughly chopped
20g Glace Morello Cherries, roughly chopped
Zest of ½ Lime
Mini meringues
Method
Preheat the oven to 160°C
Assemble the processor bowl, attach to the drive shaft.
Fit the small drive shaft to the main shaft.
Fit the express serve bowl onto the processor bowl, ensure the slinger plate is fitted.
Fit the fine grating disc to the Express Serve attachment, fit the lid.
Place a large mixing bowl beneath the Express Serve outlet, line the bowl with the muslin cloth.
Select medium speed
Add a courgette into the feed tube, use the pusher to feed the vegetable into the grating disc
Grate all of the courgette
Gather up the edges of the muslin cloth containing the grated courgette, tightly twist the cloth, squeezing the excess liquid into the large mixing bowl.
Discard the liquid.
Remove the Express Serve attachment.
Fit the knife tool to the processor bowl.
Weigh the caster sugar into the food processor bowl
Tare the scales and weigh in the sunflower oil
Add the lime zest and fit the lid
Select medium speed and process for 1 minute to combine.