The trompette zucchini, typical of Nice, is a summer vegetable with such a sweet flavor that it can be used in desserts. We invite you to discover the recipe for sweet zucchini cake. This moist cake, enhanced with grated apple and raisins soaked in rum, will surprise more than one person!
Here are the ingredients needed to make sweet zucchini cake for 6 people:
100 g of trumpet zucchini.
one apple.
half a lemon.
2 handfuls of raisins.
1 capful of amber rum.
200 g of flour.
1 packet of baking powder.
125 g of brown sugar.
1 packet of vanilla sugar.
2 eggs.
5 cl of oil.
a knob of butter for the mold.
1- Pour the raisins into a bowl. Add the amber rum and let them soak.
2- Wash the zucchini, without peeling it, then finely grate the trompette zucchini onto a plate.
3- Peel the apple and grate it with a coarse grater.
4- Drizzle the grated ingredients with the juice of half a lemon and set aside for the rest of the sweet zucchini cake recipe.
The preparation of the sweet zucchini cake is quite easy.
1- Mix the flour, baking powder, brown sugar, and vanilla sugar in a large bowl.
2- Add the whole eggs and oil and mix well. It is normal for the batter to have a fairly thick consistency.
3- Finally, incorporate the raisins and rum, then the grated Zucchini and apple.
The juice from these toppings will loosen the cake batter and give it the perfect texture. Moreover, in this recipe, the zucchini does not impart a particular taste to the cake but brings texture and softness to it.
1- Preheat the oven to 180°C (Th.6).
2- Pour the batter into a buttered cake pan.
3- Bake the sweet zucchini cake for about 40 minutes, keeping an eye on the coloring.
4- Let the cake cool before removing it from the pan and slicing it.
This moist cake with a delicious rum and raisin flavor pairs very well with coffee.
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