Blood Orange Olive Oil Cake
I wanted to close out january with a fun recipe using my favorite food photography subject blood oranges.
Blood orange olive oil cake - 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. 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. Grease a 9 inch round cake pan.
This dairy free blood orange olive oil cake is the perfect winter treat. Gently pour the batter on top of the orange slices being careful not to disturb the oranges. Serve with whipped cream and honey blood orange compote if desired.
In a small saucepan over medium heat melt the butter. Tip to make a honey blood orange compote supreme 3 more blood oranges according to directions in step 2. Plus olive oil makes this orange chocolate cake incredibly light and tender too.
Orange juice orange segments flesh. 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. Using olive oil instead of butter lets the flavor of the blood orange and chocolate truly shine through.
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. Blood orange olive oil cake adapted from a good appetite. Whisk until the batter is smooth with no lumps.
Then add the brown sugar and stir until the sugar melts about 3 to 5 minutes. Cool on a rack for 5 minutes then unmold and cool to room temperature right side up. Heat oven to 350 f.
Stir in the flour baking powder baking soda and salt until smooth. Made with delicious blood oranges and rich olive oil for a moist sweet tangy cake. Let sit for 5 minutes then stir gently.
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. 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.
