olive oil cake for the soul
Olive oil can only be used for savoury cooking right? Surely no one uses it for desserts, let alone cake? If you feel this way, prepare to be amazed! If you feel like trying it out for yourself keep reading!
For halloween weekend, we featured this beautiful fig-walnut olive oil cake made by baker Inés Banović and couldn't resist to ask her for the recipe! Take a look:
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Ingredients:
cake batter
200 g flour
50 g walnuts (25 g finely ground, 25 g larger pieces)
5 x eggs separated
220 g warm water
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 orange zest
1 tsp vanilla extract
pinch of salt
220 g icing sugar
70 g olive oil
2 x 18 cm tins
icing
250 g mascarpone cheese
200 ml cream
2 tbs fig-orange jam
icing sugar to taste
garnish
chocolate
whole figs (some halved)
whole walnutes
Method:
1. beat egg yolks with the sugar
2. whilst still mixing add water and olive oil
3. keep mixing and add flour and beaten egg whites, alternating ingredients
4. add salt, vanilla extract, baking powder and ground walnuts
4. pour batter in 2x 18 cm tins
5. bake for 25 - 30 mins on medium-high heat
6. after cooling, cut layers in two, to get 3 layers
7. spread jam between each layer
8. add the cream cheese frosting
9. garnish with chocolate, plain figs, and walnuts and maybe even an olive branch!
Happy baking!
Love,
allio
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