CHOCOLATE OLIVE OIL CAKE

Name: CHOCOLATE OLIVE OIL CAKE
Yield: 8
Ingredients: ⅔ cup regular olive oil (plus more for greasing); 6 tablespoons good-quality unsweetened cocoa (sifted); ½ cup boiling water; 2 teaspoons best vanilla extract; 1 ½ cups almond meal (or 125g plain flour / 3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour); ½ teaspoon baking soda; 1 pinch of salt; 1 cup superfine sugar; 3 large eggs

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"Although I first came up with this recipe because I had someone coming for supper who - genuinely - couldn't eat wheat or dairy, it is so meltingly good, I now make it all the time for those whose life and diet are not so unfairly constrained, myself included. It is slightly heavier with the almonds - though not in a bad way - so if you want a lighter crumb, rather than a squidgy interior, and are not making the cake for the gluten-intolerant, then replace the 150g ground almonds / 1½ cups almond meal with 125g plain flour / ¾ cup plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour. This has the built-in bonus of making it perhaps more suitable for an everyday cake. Made with the almonds, it has more of supper-party pudding feel about it and I love it still a bit warm, with some raspberries or some such on the side, as well as a dollop of mascarpone or ice cream. Photo by Petrina Tinslay...."

INGREDIENTS

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⅔ cup regular olive oil (plus more for greasing)

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6 tablespoons good-quality unsweetened cocoa (sifted)

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½ cup boiling water

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2 teaspoons best vanilla extract

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1 ½ cups almond meal (or 125g plain flour / 3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour)

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½ teaspoon baking soda

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1 pinch of salt

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1 cup superfine sugar

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3 large eggs

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