Courgette Loaf with Lime Cream Cheese Icing

This courgette loaf with lime cream cheese icing from Leader Brand is a delightful treat that combines the subtle sweetness of courgettes with the tangy freshness of lime and the creamy richness of cream cheese.

Made with grated courgettes it’s a lovely moist loaf with a delicious cream cheese icing that is spiked with zesty lime juice, the combination is a perfect balance of sweetness and tang.

Leader Brand is a New Zealand horticultural business that is 100% family owned and operated. They grow, harvest and distribute a wide range of fruit and vegetables both nationally and internationally.

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Courgette Loaf with Lime Cream Cheese Icing

250g grated LeaderBrand Courgettes

250g light brown sugar

3 large eggs

250ml canola oil

250g plain flour

1tsp baking soda

1tsp baking powder

Zest 1 lime

For the icing

130g cream cheese

260g icing sugar

50g butter

Zest 1 lime

1 tbsp chopped pistachio

Method

Preheat oven to 175 degrees and line a deep loaf tin with baking parchment.

Grate the courgettes and squeeze out the excess liquid from the courgettes using your hands or squeezing through a clean cloth.

In a large bowl beat together the sugar, eggs and oil

Add in the flour, baking soda, baking powder and lime zest. Mix well.

Gently fold the grated courgettes through the mixture.

Transfer the mixture to the loaf tin. Cook for 50-60 minutes. Use a knife or skewer to check it is cooked. If the knife runs clean the loaf is cooked. Set aside to cool.

Cream cheese icing

In a bowl beat the cream cheese and butter till smooth. Sift in the icing sugar and beat till combined. Mix through the zest of one lime.

Once the cake has completely cooled. Spread the icing over the top of the cake & sprinkle on the pistachios.