Olive oil cake with orange juice

Total: 55 min. | Active: 20 min.
vegetarian, lactose-free

This olive oil cake blew our socks off. To begin with, we found it difficult to imagine using olive oil instead of butter. But oh WOW! Thanks to the olive oil, the cake is incredibly moist and juicy. The orange juice gives the cake a fruity kick and the thyme sugar adds a satisfying crunch. You. Must. Try. It. It's definitely a new favourite of ours.

Recipe by:
Sue and Sibylle - Comme Soie

Ingredients

for 8 pieces

Cake mixture
1 dl olive oil
250 g sugar
½ tsp salt
eggs
1 ½ dl oat drink
½ dl white wine
170 g white flour
1 tsp baking powder
organic orange, grated zest, juice set aside
Topping
organic orange, grated zest and the juice
3 sprig thyme, leaves torn off
2 tbsp sugar

How it's done

Cake mixture

Pour the oil into a bowl, whisk in the sugar and salt. Beat in the eggs one at a time and continue to beat until the mixture becomes lighter in colour. Stir in the oat milk and white wine. Combine the flour, baking powder and orange zest, mix in. Transfer the cake mixture to the prepared tin.

Bake

Approx. 35 mins. in the lower half of an oven preheated to 180 °C. Remove, allow to cool slightly.

Topping

Mix the reserved orange juice with the orange zest and juice, drizzle over the cake. Crush the thyme and sugar in a small dish using a fork, sprinkle on top of the cake.

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