Traditional Olive Oil Cake
This is an Old Italian cake recipe that was passed down from my great, great, great Grandma…. oh wait I am Danish. Okay it was passed down thru some Italians I don’t know, but it is good! It’s a moist, yellow cake and tastes great dusted with just a little powdered sugar and berries.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon butter or organic olive oil cooking spray for pan
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher or sea salt
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 3 teaspoons orange zest
- 1 teaspoons lemon zest
- 1/4 cups full fat milk
- 3/4 cups good extra virgin olive oil
- ½ cup sliced almonds
- confectioners sugar, for dusting
- assorted berries or peaches or whatever fruit you prefer to top cake
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees and place oven rack in center of oven. Spray 9" round cake pan with cooking spray or use a paper towel to coat sides and bottom of an with butter
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In a mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt. In a separate bowl, cream together the eggs and sugar. Add zest, milk and olive oil and mix until well combined.
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Mix the dry mixture into the wet mixture. Whisk until well blended. Pour mixture into the cake pan. Sprinkle sliced almonds on top of batter.
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Bake for 30 minutes at 350* or until cake springs back from touch. Remove cake from pan and cool on a rack. Dust with sugar, top with berries and serve!