Orange Olive Oil Cake
A good friend generously coined this phrase after viewing one of my recent posts. It might be too casual a term to describe what I think is just a slightly sophisticated cake, but I’m going to use it because it’s exactly what I thought after taking my first bite.
The first time I had an olive oil cake, I was with my sister. We were in Santa Monica having lunch at True Food Kitchen. We had just discovered it on the last day of a trip; I loved the concept, the menu and the whole restaurant vibe.
They had lots of healthy and interesting food choices whether you were vegan, vegetarian, gluten free or a carnivore. We wanted to try everything but since that wasn’t feasible, we ordered a few different things to share between us.
And since lunch was so healthy…we ordered dessert (of course,) an olive oil cake (because that’s a healthy choice :) I thought it would be kind of herby and olive-y tasting, but no, it was a moist, delicious cake with just the slightest hint of olive oil flavor.
It was a perfect ending to a perfect meal. If we weren’t leaving the next day, we would have gone back to try more of the menu.
Ingredients
Instructions
for full recipes please see : www.themerchantbaker.com
The first time I had an olive oil cake, I was with my sister. We were in Santa Monica having lunch at True Food Kitchen. We had just discovered it on the last day of a trip; I loved the concept, the menu and the whole restaurant vibe.
They had lots of healthy and interesting food choices whether you were vegan, vegetarian, gluten free or a carnivore. We wanted to try everything but since that wasn’t feasible, we ordered a few different things to share between us.
And since lunch was so healthy…we ordered dessert (of course,) an olive oil cake (because that’s a healthy choice :) I thought it would be kind of herby and olive-y tasting, but no, it was a moist, delicious cake with just the slightest hint of olive oil flavor.
It was a perfect ending to a perfect meal. If we weren’t leaving the next day, we would have gone back to try more of the menu.
Ingredients
- zest from 1 1/2 oranges
- 3 or 4 oranges or enough to squeeze 3/4 cup juice
- 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cardamom optional
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 eggs
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 3/4 cups mild olive oil
- Confectioner's sugar for sprinkling
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9 inch springform pan with cooking spray. I also placed a round of parchment in the bottom and sprayed that as well to insure an easy release. Wrap the outside of the pan bottom in heavy duty foil to catch any possible leaks.
- Zest 1 and 1/2 oranges, then squeeze as many oranges as you need to yield 3/4 cups juice. This took exactly three oranges for me. Set aside.
- Whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt and cardamom (if using)
- Beat eggs on medium high until broken up and combined, about 1 minute.
- Slowly add the sugar and continue beating until light and pale yellow, about 3 minutes.
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for full recipes please see : www.themerchantbaker.com
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