🍊 Orange Olive Oil Cake 🍊

First I was also sceptical, olive oil in a cake? Really? Now, I am obsessed!

For the cake:

3 eggs 220g sugar Zest of 2 oranges 5 cardamom pots or 1 tsp cardamom (optional) 120g extra virgin olive oil 1 tsp vanilla extract Freshly squeezed orange juice (from one medium orange) 1/4 tsp baking soda 1 tsp baking powder 250g all purpose flour 1/2 tsp salt

Tip: When you crush the cardamom, remove the skin once the pods are open and keep grinding.

For the top of the cake:

Peeled and sliced 3 medium sized oranges Juice of 1/2 orange 3 tbsp of sugar

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 175C. • Zest the oranges and mix it with sugar, massage it until orange zest gives all its color and oil to the sugar. • Add the crushed cardamom and salt to the sugar and zest mixture. Add the eggs and whisk it until it is smooth and fluffy. • Add the vanilla extract, olive oil and orange juice to the mixture and whisk it more. • Add the remaining dry ingredients (flour, baking powder and baking soda) and mix with spatula until they are all well incorporated to the wet ingredients (don’t over mix it). • Peel and slice the oranges (I used 3). Place a baking sheet in the bottom of your cake tin (24-26 cm diameter) and grease the side of the tin with oil or butter. Then pour the juice of 1/2 orange and sprinkle 3 table spoons of sugar evenly to the bottom of the cake thin. Place the orange slices to the bottom of the tin and cover it completely. • Pour the cake batter on top and bake it 35-45 mins until the top of the cake is golden and toothpick test is successful :)

Enjoy! ☀️

🎶 Biig Piig - Sunny

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