Almond Olive Oil Cake
"low-fat cake"
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
-
12 pieces
- Serves:
- 12
ingredients
- 60 g toasted almonds (chopped)
- 20 g ground almonds
- 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
- 135 g self raising flour
- 3⁄4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1⁄4 cup orange juice
directions
- Bake or pan-fry the chopped almond till slightly golden brown.
- Sift flour and salt together.
- Whisk eggs and sugar together (about 20-30 minutes) until the mixture is light, thick and fluffy and the whisk leaves a marked ribbon-like trail behind.
- Add the sifted dry ingredients and olive oil half at a time. Mix well each time.
- Add ground and chopped almonds, orange juice. Fold gently.
- Pour the mixture in a 20 cm baking tray lined with baking paper.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 150ºC for 15 minutes, sprinkle the remaining chopped almond on top and bake for another 10 minutes at 125ºC.
- Let it cool and serve.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
I am a full time mom looking after kids. I enjoy cooking especially making bread and other pastry. I hope one day I can have my own cafe house and sell delicious low fat cakes and drinks.
