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Olive Oil Cake with Orange

Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time50 minutes
Total Time10 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Italian, Mediterranean
Keyword: cake, oil, olive, orange, recipe
Servings: 10 slices
Calories: 520kcal

Ingredients

Cake

  • 3 eggs, room temperature
  • 220 g caster sugar
  • 250 ml extra-virgin olive oil
  • 125 ml milk
  • 2 oranges, zested (use 100ml of juice)
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 250 g plain flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 pinch salt

Optional glaze

  • 150 g icing sugar, sifted
  • 2-3 tbsp fresh orange juice

Instructions

Method

  • Preheat oven to 170°C fan-forced. Grease and line a 22cm round cake tin.
  • Beat eggs and sugar until pale and thick, 3 minutes.
  • In a slow stream, whisk in the olive oil until emulsified. Add milk, orange juice, zest and vanilla. Mix until combined.
  • Sift flour, baking powder and salt. Fold into wet ingredients just until combined.
  • Pour into tin. Bake 45-50 minutes until deeply golden and a skewer comes out clean.
  • Cool in tin 10 minutes, turn out onto a rack.
  • Optional glaze: whisk icing sugar with orange juice until pourable. Drizzle over cooled cake, let drip down sides. Serve with mascarpone or Greek yoghurt.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 520kcal