Sweet 'Green' Cake

Getting baked… goods is something that I don’t do enough. When I was working in the North Laines there was a bakery opposite my work called Cloud 9. In the mornings I would trade breakfast for cupcakes and brownies and sometimes a juice for a milkshake or two :) I became good friends with one of the girls who worked there who, coincidentally, also quit to start her own business. (@sexcie.nailz on instagram if ya interested)

Along with Cloud 9, I’d do breakfast deliveries to the fudge shop, oddballs, Lucy & Yak and down to earth, receiving various treats from some in return.

I do miss my little breakfast rounds, it was a huge help in making friends when I moved to brighton. Or Maybe I was just in it for the free cake… I guess we will never know!

But since leaving my life has been lacking a little sweetness.

Although I spend a lot of time whipping it up in my kitchen, baking is usually the last thing on my to do list. As an improve queen I struggle with baking as my powers of chucking things in and hoping for the best usually end in a tragic mess. For example, I remade my birthday cake last year 3 times until My housemate came home and rescued me with some of the finest cakes from Waitrose. But when it works, It is magical! 

Having said that, I am never discouraged from trying again, be it my determination, or the fact I forget how terrible the outcomes have been. So with all the time and none of the money I thought why not give it ago, and film it along the way. 

I made a Courgette loaf cake following a tweaked recipe I worked with years ago. Depending on the tray used, you can tweak the cooking time and choose if you want a brownie or a cake. Plus, it's vegan and has a whole friggn vegetable in it which isn't even noticeable. What more could you want :)

 After going to the shops and buying everything I thought I needed I began setting up my workspace and getting on with the baking. I quickly realised that I was out of some of the things I needed so my reign of improv queen was called into action whether I liked it or not for there was a video at stake. I ran out of baking soda and sugar, two pretty important ingredients when baking I believe. So there was plenty of excitement when it came out pretty dam good! 

Baking this restored my faith in my own ability to make sweet treats and has given me courage ( which is potentially a bad thing) to adapt baking recipes that I follow.

Recipe for Courgette Chocolate Masterpiece

Plain Flour 2 ½ Cup ( half and half plain and self raising) 

Sugar 1 ½ Cup

Coco Powder ½ Cup

Baking Soda 1 ½ tsp ( 2 ½ tsp baking powder) 

Oil ½ Cup

Water ¼ Cup

Vanilla Essence 2 tsp

1 Large Courgette 

Chocolate Chunks ½ Cup

The Method You ask?

Well You’ll Just have to watch my youtube video for it. Sorry guys but I gotta get those views in one way or another.

I’m trying to post the blog around the same time as I post videos as it gives me more inspiration to write :) 

I hope that you have enjoyed this little snippet into my life and will try baking this cake for friends, family or yourself.

See you in the next one :)