Vegetable cake..... healthy right?!?

This blog post is going to be slightly different, it was inspired by my dad bringing home what looked like 2000 pieces of rhubarb from his allotment. Summer time is fabulous in the Watson household, there are fresh fruit, vegetables and salad everywhere from my dads allotment plot, along with constant talk of watering cans, compost and the hose pipe ban ....

I have recently noticed the increase in emphasis in supermarkets providing their fruit and veg in more like a market style. Particularly Morrison's, where you pick the fruit and veg and even better it is guaranteed to be fresh, due to the fact that it is sprayed by a mist of water all day. This is a fantastic mover advantage for Morrison's as it makes them stand out from the market leaders, Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury's. Which has definitely come at the right time for consumers, as there has been a significant increase in organic produce and customers being more interested in the freshness and origins in produce, as opposed to the cost.

So, with this mass of rhubarb, I decided to make a cake! Baking is not my strong point, but I gave it a good bash! It was a courgette cake (which alright is still cake, but surely slightly healthy as it is one of your five a day.... well maybe not!) with a rhubarb curd.

I mixed the rhubarb with sugar and water to make the curd and added it to crème fraiche, which is far healthier than cream. Then made a sponge mix and added about 3 grated courgettes, again fresh from the garden. I did add sultanas, however, on reflection would be better without.

The finished product was looking too good to be true to be honest, but in it went into the oven. Obviously licked the bowl prior to that, has to be done.

The cake suprisingly was beautiful and went down a treat with the family. However, now I am worried that we are going to have rhubarb coming out of our ears next year, with hope that more of these cakes will materialise..... However, in terms of health content I am going to stick to savoury vegetables and stir frys.... maybe ;)

Caio for now
Toni
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