Olive oil cake

Tags: cake
Created: 2025/08/13
Edited: 2025/09/02
We ate this with blackberry coulis and sour cream.
Serves 8. 10 steps
60–80g sugar beat until white and fluffy Line the bottom of a 22cm diameter cake tin with baking parchment. Pour batter into tin. Bake 30 minutes in moderate oven, to an internal temperature of 95°C.   Turn out onto a wire rack and leave to cool.
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons lemon and orange rind grated
111g (120ml) olive oil   drizzle in in a thin stream, beating continuously
135ml milk   mix in on low
1 tablespoon lemon juice
130g cake flour sift   fold in gently
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1 orange's juice   Prick cake with a fork, drizzle with orange juice.
Most recipes have lots more sugar than this! I've tried 50g and the texture suffered.