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Orange Olive Oil Cake
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Orange Olive Oil Cake

The glaze and olive oil ensure that this cake is super moist
Recipe Category: Baking
All Rights Reserved: An original recipe from Lavender and Lime

Ingredients

For the cake

  • 150 g fructose
  • 3 eggs
  • 110 g thick yoghurt
  • 125 mls olive oil
  • 5 mls orange essence or 5 drops orange essential oil
  • 1 orange, zest only, finely grated
  • 230 g flour
  • 10 mls baking powder
  • 0.625 mls fine salt

For the glaze

  • 1 orange, juice only
  • 85 g honey
  • 7.5 mls olive oil

Method

For the cake

  • Preheat the oven to 180° Celsius
  • Place the fructose and eggs into a stand mixer bowl and whisk until light and fluffy
  • Add the yoghurt, oil, orange essence and zest and whisk to combine
  • Place the flour. baking powder and salt into a mixing bowl
  • Stir to combine and pour into the batter
  • Whisk until smooth then pour into a 20cm lined, loose bottom or springform tin
  • Place into the oven and bake for 45 minutes
  • Remove from the oven and place the tin onto a cooling rack for 15 minutes

For the glaze

  • Place the orange juice, honey and oil into a saucepan and heat over a medium temperature on the stove
  • When the honey has dissolved, pour into a jug and set aside to cool
  • When the cake has cooled, poke holes into the top of the cake with a skewer
  • Place the cake over a baking tray and whisk the glaze
  • Pour the glaze over the cake and leave to cool completely before removing from the tin and serving *

Notes

* if any syrup has dripped into the baking tin you can use it when serving the cake