Raising awareness.

[Zebedee44]

In recognition of this week of raising awareness of PMR and GCA I made this chocolate courgette cake and took it along to my local compassionate community group. The lovely people there donated £22. I'm so grateful to everyone for their support and greater understanding of this condition.

[Patricia157]

Looks gorgeous. Well done for raising funds for our charity.

[Rugger]

Wow! I wish I lived in mid-Wales. Well done, Chrissie. Chocolate, courgettes and strawberries - full of antioxidants!

[Megams]

~What a glorious looking cake Zebedee and how lovely to make such a beautiful specimen for the PMR cause. Congratulations on your wonderful efforts.

Is this gluten free and if so would you mind sharing the recipe please?

Blessings

[Zebedee44 in reply to Megams]

Thank you Megams. This wasn't a gluten free cake but it has raising agents in it so it might work with gluten free flour.

The recipe I used was 250g plain flour, 375g golden caster sugar, 65g best cocoa powder, 2teasp bicarbonate of soda, 1 teasp baking powder, 1/2 teasp salt, 1teasp cinnamon. Stir these together in a bowl and add 4 eggs, 350ml vegetable oil, and 340g grated peeled courgette. Mix thoroughly, turn out into a greased 20x30cm tin (or a round one) bake at 180 degrees C for one hour until a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean.

I served it with a vanilla butter cream icing and strawberries. It's moist and chocolatey without being too sweet. And I'm no baker, so I was delighted with it. Hope you enjoy it too.

[Jackoh]

Lovely looking cake- I'm sure it tasted as good as it looks! Well done you for helping to contribute to this cause x