59 Blood Orange Olive Oil Cake
Regardless of your thoughts on the word moist i am here to tell you that this chocolate olive oil cake will not disappoint.
Blood orange olive oil cake - Gently pour the batter on top of the orange slices being careful not to disturb the oranges. Blood orange olive oil cake is moist and easy to make using pantry ingredients premium greek extra virgin olive oil greek yogurt and flavored from three different parts of the blood orange. Blood orange olive oil cake adapted from a good appetite.
After deciding on a cake i immediately thought let s make it a blood orange olive oil cake some quick research helped me realize that a recipe by the same name already exists in one of melissa clark s cookbooks. In a small saucepan over medium heat melt the butter. Heat oven to 350 f.
Let sit for 5 minutes then stir gently. Lightly grease the bottom and sides of an 8 9 inch 20 22 cm round cake pan with olive oil and place a parchment round in the bottom of the pan. Stir in the flour baking powder baking soda and salt until smooth.
Olive oil makes this cake so moist. Whisk in the eggs and olive oil. Grease a 9 inch round cake pan.
Serve with whipped cream and honey blood orange compote if desired. Using olive oil instead of butter lets the flavor of the blood orange and chocolate truly shine through. Made with delicious blood oranges and rich olive oil for a moist sweet tangy cake.
Drizzle in 1 to 2 teaspoons honey. Add the sugar blood orange olive oil with the zest cup 120 ml of the blood orange juice water and white vinegar. Whisk until the batter is smooth with no lumps.
Orange juice orange segments flesh. Butter for greasing pan 3 blood oranges 1 cup 200 grams or 7 ounces sugar scant 1 2 cup 118 ml buttermilk or plain yogurt 3 large eggs 2 3 cup 156 ml extra virgin olive oil 1 3 4 cups 219 grams or 7 3 4 ounces all purpose flour. Tip to make a honey blood orange compote supreme 3 more blood oranges according to directions in step 2.
This cake is a symphony of simple tastes extra virgin olive oil contributes a fruity nose while a restrained amount of sugar makes way for the essence of the blood orange with its complex sweetness and fragrant bittersweet zest coming through in each bite. I wanted to close out january with a fun recipe using my favorite food photography subject blood oranges. Then add the brown sugar and stir until the sugar melts about 3 to 5 minutes.
