Spinach Cake

This is a green, refreshing cake that uses the extra bag of spinach left in the fridge door, the one you bought to be healthy but can't bear anymore salads or stir-fry. It is a Turkish recipe, known as Ispanakli kek.

Ingredients

150-200g spinach

3/4 cup of olive oil

2 tbsp lemon juice

Grated zest of 1 lemon

3 eggs

300g of sugar

1 tsp vanilla essence

3 tsp baking powder

Method

Step One

Pre heat the oven at gas mark 4, 180 c

Step Two

Put the washed spinach and olive oil in a blender and blend until smooth.

Step Three

Whisk the eggs and sugar together until foamy (they should double in size)

Step Four

Fold into the eggs; the spinach mix, the flour, the lemon and the vanilla essence.

Step Five

Pour into a greased cake tin and bake for 35-40 minutes, or until cake skewer comes out clean.

Step Six

Pour lemon drizzle over cake while hot.

Optional Toppings

Lemon icing

Lemon curd

Pomegranate icing

Water/ glace icing