What shall we name this cake?

Courgette cake somehow doesn’t sound as delicious so we will stick with the above.

You call it bread but it looks like cake

The concept of courgette/zucchini cake is very similar to carrot cake. It is an oil cake but slightly denser (hence its being called a bread and not cake). The courgettes add to the moistness of the bread.

A balanced diet

Many enjoy zucchini bread with butter or jam or simply as is. I enjoy mine with peanut butter—it’s a complete balanced meal: vegetables, protein and carbs.

The flavours

The coconut and lime give the zucchini bread more depth of flavour. The coconut adds texture and the taste is subtle. But that is probably because I did not have coconut extract. Making coconut extract is as simple as soaking shredded coconut in vodka for a month (I need to make some soon). The lime adds a zing that hits your tongue as the last note. I got the recipe from here.

Note for the Kenyans

When there is that family get together and you or one of the cousins is made to kuna nazi (grate coconut) for coconut milk, do not discard the dried coconut (chicha). Store it in the freezer and save it for baking.