Cake Aux Courgettes Aux Pignons - Zucchini Bread With Pine Nuts

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• 10 tablespoons butter, melted
• 10 ounces zucchini (about 3 small zucchini)
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2/3 cup pine nuts, lightly toasted

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 425ºf.
• 2 gently squeeze the grated zucchini dry with paper towels.
• 3 put the eggs, melted butter, sugar and vanilla into a food processor and pulse until they are well-blended.
• 4 in a bowl, mix the flour, salt and baking powder. add this to the egg mixture in the food processor and process until the mixture is smooth.
• 5 pour the mixture into a bowl and stir in the zucchini and pine nuts.
• 6 butter a loaf pan and fill it with the batter, smooth the top and place the loaf pan in the oven and bake for 10 minutes.
• 7 lower the oven temperature to 350ºf and bake for an additional 60 minutes.
• 8 to serve: unmold the cake onto a cooling rack and allow it to cool to room temperature before serving.