olive oil and orange cake

8 Pinches
The Villages, FL
Updated on Jan 19, 2016

serve with crème fraiche or sour cream on side

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

Ingredients

  • 1 1/3 cups flour
  • 1 1/3 cups sugar
  • 3 - eggs
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • 1/4 cup heavy cream
  • 2 tablespoons orange zest
  • 1 teaspoon yeast
  • 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
  • SYRUP
  • 1 - orange
  • 3 cups orange juice
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • TOPPING
  • 1/3 cup pine nuts
  • 16 - orange segments

How To Make olive oil and orange cake

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

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