Orange Olive Oil cake
Georgina Burgess
This Orange Olive Oil Cake is moist, fresh and bursting with orange flavour; a definite crowd pleaser. It's made entirely without eggs or dairy, yet the sponge is perfectly moist and fluffy.
Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 45 minutes mins
Wet ingredients:
- 150 ml soya milk
- 130 ml olive oil use light olive oil for a lighter flavour or extra virgin olive oil for a stronger flavour (or a mixture of the 2)
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 80 ml orange juice freshly squeezed
- 2 tbsp orange zest
- 200 g caster sugar
- 125 g soya yoghurt plain/unsweetened
Dry ingredients:
- 250 g plain flour
- 60 g ground almonds
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- Pinch salt
Orange Icing
- 200 g icing sugar
- 2 tbsp orange juice freshly squeezed
Preheat the oven to 180C and line a loaf tin with baking paper.
Into a medium jug or bowl, add the wet ingredients: soya milk, olive oil, vanilla extract, orange juice, orange zest, sugar and soya yoghurt and whisk until well combined.
Sieve the flour into a large bowl along with the baking powder and bicarbonate of soda. Add the pinch of salt and the ground almonds and whisk until combined.
Pour the wet mixture into the dry bowl and whisk until just combined.
Pour into the lined tin and place into the centre of your oven to bake for 45-50 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean. Remove and leave to cool in the tin for 20 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool.
Once the cake has cooled completely, make the orange icing by combining the icing sugar and orange juice together. Pour over the loaf cake (I personally like it when it drips down the edges) and top with some more orange zest if you'd like! Enjoy. Store in an airtight container.