Killer recipe for carrot cake wanted

Chris25

Has anyone tried chocolate beetroot cake?  You use those packs of vacuum packed beetroot.  Simply divine (I've even had it as a birthday cake one year!!!).  Very scrummy.  If anyone wants the recipe, I'll put it on the site.......

yes please

Allexie

Yikes...courgettes...beetroot...whatever next ???

Ooooh..does anyone know that recipe for some sort of spongecake where you put geranium leaves in the bottom of the tin, (well some sort of house plant leaves!) :P

Chris25

Yikes...courgettes...beetroot...whatever next ???

I'm sure i have a recipe that I got from an ASDA mag for mashed potato/choc cake! :-X

Ooooh..does anyone know that recipe for some sort of spongecake where you put geranium leaves in the bottom of the tin, (well some sort of house plant leaves!)   :P

No I've heard of it though - you use the highly scented indoor geraniums and I know you can make one with rose and/or violet petals and lemon balm leaves also.

Chris25

Ooh sorry Allexie, it looks as though I've added a bit into your quote - didn't know you could do that.

I mean't that I had a recipe for mashed potato & choc cake! ;D

Caterina

I'm sure I remember a cake being made with courgettes on TV years ago  :-/

Anybody ever made/eaten one and lived to tell the tale?  ;D

I love courgettes , but not too sure about them in a cake  :-/

Courgette cake is totally scrummy! Make as you would carrot cake but put less liquid in as courgettes contain more water than carrots.

It is also possible to make courgette fritters, I don't know the recipe off the top of my head but will ask my mum and then will post it.

It used to be one of our favourite pudding as children, absolutely divine stuff!

Watch this space

Caterina

Caterina

Courtesy of my mum, here goes the recipe for courgette fritters:

Grate a couple of large courgettes and put in a colander to drain of liquid for 1 hour then squeeze as much water out as you can with your hands

mix with eggs, flour and milk as if you were making a pancake batter, add a pinch of salt and a pinch of baking powder.

Make sure the batter is not too thick otherwise the fritters become hard.

Drop spoonfuls of this batter in hot oil, drain fritters on crumpled kitchen paper and toss in caster sugar.

Enjoy

Caterina

Allexie

It is also possible to make courgette fritters, I don't know the recipe off the top of my head but will ask my mum and then will post it.


Caterina

Caterina, your mum doesn't know anything about elderflower fritters does she? Have always wanted to have a bash at those.

Allexie

Have you checked out Delia's at Deliaonline? She says it's her best ever.

Ooooh yum mmmm oooh

*Meg Ryan impression complete with table banging thumping*

I'm in heaven...St Delia triumphs again...made it this morning...it is sooooo delish

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trafalgar_2

Elderflower fritters are the heads dipped in pancake batter and fried ;D

http://www.patch-work.demon.co.uk/elder.htm#K

rach

I'm sure I remember a cake being made with courgettes on TV years ago  :-/

Anybody ever made/eaten one and lived to tell the tale?  ;D

I love courgettes , but not too sure about them in a cake  :-/

a friend of mine made some recently. it was really lovely - though looked slightly strange with green stuff in!!! not too sweet, and a nice alternative to carrot cake. will get the recepie next time i see her and post it.