Super Moist Orange Olive Oil Cake
This cake is exceptionally moist. It's fluffy and velvety inside, with a crispy and sugary top. The fruity aroma given by the olive oil is the perfect pair for the delicate orange flavor. This cake is a must for this baking season!
Servings: 10 slices
Equipment
- 9-inch cake pan
Ingredients
Cake
- 160 ml Milk
- 60 ml Orange juice one medium orange
- 15 ml Lemon juice (1 tbsp)
- 250 g Granulated sugar
- Zest of 1 and ½ Medium orange
- 3 eggs
- 150 ml Extra virgin olive oil
- 230 g All purpose flour
- 2 tsp Baking powder
- 30 g Granulated sugar for garnish
Garnish
- 150 g Icing sugar
- 20 ml Orange juice (1½ tbsp)
- Wedges of 1 orange
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Butter and flour a 9-inch cake pan.
- Make the buttermilk, mixing the milk with orange juice and lemon juice. Set aside.
- In a bowl, rub the sugar with the orange zest with your hands until you get a moist and fragrant sugar.
- Add the eggs and beat with the sugar with a hand whisk. Beat vigorously for a minute until the eggs are light and foamy.
- Add the olive oil and continue mixing until combined.
- Sift the flour with the baking powder and mix half into the batter.
- Add the buttermilk and continue mixing.
- Finally, add the rest of the dry ingredients and mix until combined. Finish mixing with a spatula to reach the edges and bottom of the bowl.
- Pour the batter onto the buttered pan and cover the entire surface with sugar before baking.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 350°F (180°C) for 45 to 50 minutes. The cake will be ready when poking with a knife, it comes out clean. Wait 10 minutes and unmold. Wait for it to cool before serving.
- For the glaze, beat the icing sugar with the orange juice with a handheld or stand mixer with a paddle attachment until pale and smooth.
- Drizzle each slice with glaze and supremed peeled orange wedges. You can also cover the whole cake with the orange glaze.
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