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15 years ago

Olive oil cake.

One I had yesterday was a Portuguese orange olive oil cake. It was great, but this one sounds even greater.

ROSEMARY & OLIVE OIL CAKE

4 large eggs

3/4 cup sugar

2/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil

2 TBL fresh rosemary, finely chopped **reviewer recommended using 1 TBL

1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour

1 TBL baking powder

1/2 tsp Kosher salt

Preheat oven to 325Ã¢ÂÂ°F. Spray a 10-inch loaf pan (or an 8-inch round cake pan) with non-stick cooking spray and set aside.

In a bowl of an electric mixer, use the paddle attachment to beat the eggs for 30 seconds. Add sugar and continue to beat until the mixture is very foamy and pale in color. With the mixer running, slowly drizzle in the olive oil. Using a spatula, gently stir the rosemary into the batter.

In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt. With the mixer on low speed, gradually add the dry ingredients to the egg mixture. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.

Bake for 45 to 50 minutes, rotating the pan halfway through for even color. The cake is done when it is golden brown, springs back when touched, and a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.

Allow the cake to cool briefly in the pan, then tip out onto a cake rack to continue cooling.

THEY SAY OLIVE OIL CAKES GETS BETTER couple days after baking.

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Comments (8)

sleeperblues
15 years ago
Hmm, that does sound good. Not too sweet. DH doesn't like his sweets too sweet. Heart healthy too, with all that olive oil. I'm going to have to try it.
wildchild
15 years ago
That looks and sounds sooo good. I'm saving the recipe. Thanks Glenda.
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glenda_al
Original Author
15 years ago
This is the one I had yesterday, at a restaurant. Good, but I think the rosemary cake will be the best.

Orange-Olive Oil Cake Recipe

Nonstick baking spray with flour
4 to 5 large navel oranges
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 3/4 teaspoons kosher salt
5 large eggs
3 cups granulated sugar
1 1/2 cups mild extra-virgin olive oil
ConfectionersÃ¢ÂÂ sugar, for sprinkling
Directions
1. Position a rack in the middle of the oven, remove any racks above, and crank up the heat to 350ÃÂ°F (175ÃÂ°C). Coat a 12-cup Bundt or tube pan with baking spray and set aside.

2. Finely grate the zest of 3 of the oranges, then squeeze 4 of them. You should have 1 1/2 cups of juice; if not, squeeze the 5th orange. Set aside.

3. Whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl and set aside.

4. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, or with a handheld mixer in a large bowl, beat the eggs on medium-high speed until well-combined, about 1 minute. Slowly pour in the granulated sugar and continue beating until thick and pale yellow, about 3 minutes. On low speed, alternate adding the flour mixture and oil, starting and ending with the flour, and beat until just a few wisps of flour remain. Pour in the orange juice and zest and whirl for a few seconds to bring the batter together.

5. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake until a cake tester comes out with a few moist crumbs clinging to it, about 1 1/4 hours. If the top is browning too much as the cake bakes, cover lightly with foil. Transfer to a wire rack and cool for 15 minutes.

6. Turn the cake out onto the rack and cool completely, then place it in a covered cake stand and let it sit overnight. Just before serving, dust with powdered sugar.
gardenspice
15 years ago
Looks nice, but one question: why do they call it orange olive oil cake if there are not oranges in it? Is it reference to the color?
glenda_al
Original Author
15 years ago
If you read the first one, gardenspice, it was rosemary olive oil cake.

The second one is ORANGE olive oil cake.

Two recipe were posted :o)
gardenspice
15 years ago
Oh - iI see - we must have cross posted, I just saw the first one which said that you had orange cake, but had no orange that recipe. Now I see that you posted a different recipe. Both sound good.
minnie_tx
15 years ago
I'd probably like it if I didn't know what was in it!!
Just like canned milk Can't stand the smell or taste (reminds me of burping babies) but if It's in something I eatand I don't know it I can't tell.
cheri2008
15 years ago
Thank you, anxious to try both !