Eat your greens
October 27th 2006 22:35
Baking is back (along with pinafores, crochet, prawn cocktails and manners), green is in, and vegetables are the next big thing in deserts (potato chocolate cake, strawberry, asparagus and orange filets, honeyed lentil pudding, and the classic sweet potato pie).
So I figure this recipe is very now …
Zucchini and pistacio cake, courtesy of my lovely friend and five-star baker Grace. The zucchini keeps it moist so less butter is needed and the pistachios give it a wonderful rich flavour.
Shopping list:
- 220g unsalted butter
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup castor sugar
- a few drops of pure vanilla
- 2 cups plain flour
- a pinch of salt
- 1.5 teaspoon of baking powder
- 300g grated zucchini
- 100g shelled pistachios
To do list:
- Preheat oven to 220 degrees
- Grease cake tin and line base with baking paper
- Combine eggs, sugar, vanilla and butter in food processor
- Sift flour, salt and baking powder, add to mixture and blend until smooth
- Fold in zucchini and nuts
- Pour in tin, bake for 10min at 220 then reduce oven to 180 and bake for
another 40
So I figure this recipe is very now …
Zucchini and pistacio cake, courtesy of my lovely friend and five-star baker Grace. The zucchini keeps it moist so less butter is needed and the pistachios give it a wonderful rich flavour.
Shopping list:
- 220g unsalted butter
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup castor sugar
- a few drops of pure vanilla
- 2 cups plain flour
- a pinch of salt
- 1.5 teaspoon of baking powder
- 300g grated zucchini
- 100g shelled pistachios
To do list:
- Preheat oven to 220 degrees
- Grease cake tin and line base with baking paper
- Combine eggs, sugar, vanilla and butter in food processor
- Sift flour, salt and baking powder, add to mixture and blend until smooth
- Fold in zucchini and nuts
- Pour in tin, bake for 10min at 220 then reduce oven to 180 and bake for
another 40
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Comment by MaaUpma
Indus Guru
Vastu - The Indian Science of Dwelling
EGurumantra - Demystifying India
Also remember Spinach as an energy and power food from the famous Cartoon Series in Cartoon Network.
It is good that the more developed world is now realizing that vegetables are an in thing. Developing countries and Underdeveloped ones know this in any case.
Maa Upma