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Italian Olive Oil Orange Cake

Here's how you make Italian Olive Oil Orange Cake
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  • Servings: 6
  • Prep: 10m
  • Cook: 35-40m
    • The following recipe serves 6 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 1/3 cup granulated sugar (divided)
  • 1/2 cup fresh orange juice (or dry white wine)
  • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled)
  • 1/2 cup cornmeal (yellow)
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 orange, zested (use all the zest for the cake)
  • Orange segments for serving (optional)
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

  • Step 2: Grease bottom and sides of an 8-inch round cake pan; line bottom with a round of wax or parchment paper, and brush paper with oil.

  • Step 3: In a large bowl, whisk together oil, eggs, 1 cup sugar, and orange juice until smooth. Add flour, cornmeal, baking powder, salt, and orange zest; whisk gently to combine.

  • Step 4: Pour batter into prepared pan; sprinkle top evenly with remaining 1/3 cup sugar (topping will be thick).

  • Step 5: Bake until cake begins to pull away from sides of pan and a tester inserted in center comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes.

  • Step 6: Cool in pan 20 minutes. Run a knife around edge of cake; invert cake gently onto a plate, and remove parchment paper. Reinvert cake onto a rack to cool completely. Serve with orange segments, if desired.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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