Squash Cake

Name: Squash Cake
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 150 g Soft butter; 200 g sugar; 3 eggs; 100 g Arla® Skyr Natural yogurt; 300 g Chopped courgette; 1 tbsp Finely Grated lemon zest (unwaxed); 200 g wheat flour; 50 g oatmeal; 2 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp sea salt; 150 g icing sugar; 2 tbsp Freshly Squeezed lemon juice

An easy squash cake with a lemon glaze - a firm favourite with many. For another version of this classic squash cake replace half the squash with carrot.

https://www.arlafoods.co.uk/recipes/squash-cake/

Instructions

Squash Cake: Step 1

Mix the butter and sugar together until creamy. Add one egg at a time, stirring well between each egg.

Squash Cake: Step 2

Mix the yogurt, squash and lemon peel into the egg mixture.

Squash Cake: Step 3

Mix the wheat flour, oatmeal, baking powder and salt in another bowl and mix with the egg mixture.

Squash Cake: Step 4

Put a piece of baking paper in the cake tin (about 22 cm in diameter) - butter the sides. Spread the cake mixture evenly in the tin and put it in the middle of the oven to cook for about an hour. Check with either a skewer of knife to see if the cake is cooked.

Squash Cake: Step 5

Allow it to cool completely on a cooling rack.

Glaze: Step 1

Mix the icing sugar and lemon juice into a thick glaze.

Glaze: Step 2

Spread the icing on the cooled cake and serve.

Baking Time

1 hour at 175 °

Enjoy!

Ingredients

Soft butter	150 g
Sugar	200 g
Eggs	3
Arla® Skyr Natural yogurt	100 g
Chopped courgette	300 g
Finely Grated lemon zest (unwaxed)	1 tbsp
Wheat flour	200 g
Oatmeal	50 g
Baking powder	2 tsp
Sea salt	1 tsp
Icing sugar	150 g
Freshly Squeezed lemon juice	2 tbsp

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