Jane’s Courgette Cake

Who is Jane?

Jane is a good friend of my cousin. She also likes to cook and bake.

Courgette Cake?

I really hate courgette. I think it is slimy and has no real taste of its own. However, Jane has a recipe which utilises this vegetable, but it tastes really good.

Ingredients

• 2-3 cups of roughly grated courgette
• 1 cup of sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder
• 2 cups of self-raising flour
• 1 teaspoon of sodium bicarbonate
• 150 ml of oil

Mix ogether in rougly that order. preheat the owen at roughly 180 degrees C. Grease the base of the cake tin. Baking time 25-30 minutes.

You can either eat it just like that, or you can spread some jam on top of the cake while it’s still warm and sprinkle with grated dark chocolate or chocalte sprinkles (optional).

I hope you like it.

Peter

Holiday… Celebrate?

Hello world. It’s certainly been a while.

I didn’t write for several reasons. First, the laptop with Internet access was occupied by others, and even though there was an extra Internet ‘wire’, the atmosphere would be very cramped.

My holiday kicked off on 25th June, when I flew from Amsterdam to Vienna (another reminder that Schiphol rocks). Took a bus from Vienna Airport to Bratislava Bus Station (Mlynske Nivy). 32 degrees C. My uncle picked me up and off we went.

Spent the next week preparing for my driver’s tests. 3rd June. Tense as anything and ready to snap. I did progress, but the ’sympathetic’ policeman (looked like a weedy Jean Reno, not cool) failed me.

During the weekend, I went to a small jazz festival (Jazznica) and attended one of the concerts. Quite fun, although world-jazz is probably not something to listen to everyday.

Spent the next week cleaning, eating rye crackers with cream cheese and ham and drowning in self-pity (NOT).  Did a bit more driving in Ziar nad Hronom (‘What a village!’). The Tuesday after, I finally passed and my driver’s licence is currently in the forges of some bureaucratic institution in Slovakia (I dare not guess which).

Feeling relieved, I was persuaded to go back to The Hague for a week, so here I am. Next time, I’ll be discussing the wonders of Jane’s Cuourgette Cake and the Blood Countess.

Peter