Olive Oil & Orange Cake

Enjoy oranges before they retire for the season with a moist, naturally sweet, and delicious cake. We traded butter for extra virgin olive oil for guilt free dessert. Easy to make, enjoy it after dinner, while it tastes even better the next day at breakfast or as a snack. 8 Servings

Easy Ingredients:

· 1/3 cup Villa Graziella Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil

· 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour, plus more to dust the cake pan

· 2 eggs room temperature, if possible organic

· Juice (pulp included) and zest of 1 orange (blood, Cara cara, Seville or Valencia) (approx. 3 tablespoons of juice, 1 tablespoon zest).

Add additional orange juice & zest for extra flavor if desired. Reserve a few extra slices for garnish optional.

· ¾ cup of turbinado sugar (Sugar In The Raw)

· 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

· ½ teaspoon baking powder

· ½ teaspoon baking soda

· 1 ½ teaspoons sea salt

· confectioners’ sugar for dusting optional

· 1 sprig of fresh mint optional

Simple Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350◦F.

2. Use olive oil to grease and flour a 9-inch round pan.

3. Combine sugar and eggs in a large bowl, blend with a hand mixer on medium speed until thoroughly blended.

4. Slowly add in the olive oil and vanilla to the bowl, mix until batter is smooth.

5. Add the orange juice and zest to the bowl mix on a low medium speed.

6. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in separate medium bowl.

7. Add the flour mixture in small increments, to the bowl of wet batter, mix on a low speed to blend.

8. Pour batter into the prepared cake pan and bake 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.

9. Remove from the oven, completely cool the cake, dust with confectioners’ sugar, add orange slices & mint for garnish

10.Serve and enjoy! Cover securely to prevent from drying out.

Helpful Hint

· To avoid bubbles, slowly pour the batter into the center of the pan from one position instead of circling pan with the bowl of batter

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