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olive oil and orange cake

Recipe by
Lorraine Passero
The Villages, FL

serve with crème fraiche or sour cream on side

yield 6 serving(s)
prep time 1 Hr 45 Min
cook time 1 Hr 45 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For olive oil and orange cake

  • 1 1/3 c
    flour
  • 1 1/3 c
    sugar
  • 3
    eggs
  • 3/4 c
    milk
  • 1/2 c
    olive oil
  • 1/4 c
    heavy cream
  • 2 Tbsp
    orange zest
  • 1 tsp
    yeast
  • 1/2 tsp
    sea salt
  • SYRUP
  • 1
    orange
  • 3 c
    orange juice
  • 1/2 c
    sugar
  • TOPPING
  • 1/3 c
    pine nuts
  • 16
    orange segments

How To Make olive oil and orange cake

  • 1
    Preheat oven to 400 degrees brush 8 inch cake pan with olive oil and dust with flour mixed with sugar
  • 2
    Beat eggs with sugar for 4 min add milk olive oil , cream and zest
  • 3
    mix flour yeast and salt together then incorporate into batter mix well let batter rest 20 min
  • 4
    pour batter into pan bake 30 min till toothpick inserted n center comes out clean let cool and remove from pan
  • 5
    for syrup...remove zest from orange . place zest sugar and orange juice in pan ...heat and cook till thickened about 1 hour
  • 6
    strain syrup and pour over cake allow to soak in
  • 7
    lightly toast pine nuts
  • 8
    arrange orange segments on cake and sprinkle with pine nuts

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