Squidgy carrot and courgette mini loaves

Name: Squidgy carrot and courgette mini loaves
Ingredients: 110 g butter (melted); 2 tbsp orange juice; 2 large free-range eggs (beaten); 1 tsp Nielsen-Massey vanilla extract; 225 g plain flour; 1 pinch salt; 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 1 tsp baking powder; 150 g light muscovado sugar; 100 g carrots (peeled and grated); 100 g courgettes (grated); 80 g icing sugar; 1 tbsp orange juice; finely grated orange zest

Perfect for bake sales, packed lunches, and even just as a treat on the go, these carrot and courgette mini loaves are a real treat.

Brought to you by Lakeland

Perfect for bake sales, packed lunches, and even just as a treat on the go, these carrot and courgette mini loaves are a sweet treat that's not to be missed. Cute and practical in their individual loaves, these carrot and courgette cakes from Lakeland are also super-easy to bake. Take a look at the recipe below, and get making!

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12 mini loaves

Servings

Ingredients

For the loaves:

110 g butter (melted)
2 tbsp orange juice
2 large free-range eggs (beaten)
1 tsp Nielsen-Massey vanilla extract
225 g plain flour
1 pinch salt
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp baking powder
150 g light muscovado sugar
100 g carrots (peeled and grated)
100 g courgettes (grated)

For the icing:

80 g icing sugar
1 tbsp orange juice
finely grated orange zest

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 180°C/Gas Mark 4. Grease the holes of a Lakeland Bakeware 12-hole loose-based mini loaf tin with a little of the melted butter. 

Add the orange juice, beaten eggs and vanilla extract to the remaining melted butter, stirring to mix. 

Sift the flour, salt, bicarbonate of soda and baking powder into a large mixing bowl. Stir in the sugar, carrots and courgettes. Add the melted butter mixture and stir together well, but do not beat or overmix. 

Spoon the mixture into the prepared tins. Bake for 20-22 minutes, or until a fine skewer inserted into the centre of the cakes comes out clean. Cool in the tins for 15 minutes, then turn out carefully. Cool completely on a wire rack. 

Mix together the icing sugar and orange juice. Drizzle over the cooled cakes, then scatter a little orange zest on top.