Please don’t condemn us for falling all over ourselves in elation at the guest who comes in behind you. I mean, she brought us that versatile sweet and savory stunner known as olive oil cake.
recipe 
yields
1 8-inch cake
½ cup olive oil, plus more to grease pan
2 oranges, zested and juiced
1 lemon, zested
2 teaspoons fresh rosemary, minced
⅔ cup sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon almond extract
1⅔ cup cake flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon kosher salt
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
Ingredients
steps
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Line bottom of 8×3-inch cake pan with parchment and oil sides.
- Combine oil, orange juice, zests, rosemary, sour cream, and extracts in small bowl.
- In separate bowl, sift together cake flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
- Place eggs and sugar in bowl of stand mixer fitted with whisk attachment and mix until light in color.
- Add ⅓ flour mixture to bowl and mix until combined, then add ½ sour cream mixture and
mix until combined. Repeat. - Pour batter into prepared pan and place in oven. Bake 30 to 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.
Date Published: 12.02.15
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- from The Local Palate Test Kitchen
