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Courgette, lime and pistachio cake
Serves 12, vegetarian
1 medium courgette grated
200g light muscovado sugar
200ml sunflower oil
4 eggs
175g self raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
75g ground shelled pistachios
2 limes zested and juiced
For the Icing and decoration
275g soft cheese full fat
100g icing sugar
1 lime zested and juiced
25g shelled pistachios roughly chopped
Heat the oven to 160 fan/180/gas 4
Oil/grease a loaf tin and line with baking paper
Mix all the cake ingredients by folding in a mixer, squeeze out as much water as you can from the courgettes before adding them.
Bake for 40-50 minutes until a skewer inserted into them comes out clean
Cool in the tin and then transfer to a wire rack. Poke holes in the top and cover with lime juice
Mix all the icing ingredients together excepth the pistachios and spread over the top of the cakes, then sprinkle with choped pistachios and lime zest