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Orange olive oil cake

Name: Orange olive oil cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Yield: 8 portions
Cuisine: Italy
Ingredients: 200 g plain flour; 150 g sugar; 3 eggs; 100 ml olive oil; 120 ml orange juice; 2 tsp orange zest; 2 tsp baking powder

A soft olive oil sponge with orange zest and juice.

Prep20 min

Cook40 min

Yield8 portions

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Editorial home-cooking adaptation · Not yet kitchen-tested. Timings are estimates; additional soaking, rising or chilling may apply. Read the complete method before starting.

Ingredients

8 portions

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Let’s make it.

Heat oven to 180°C and line a 20 cm round cake tin.
Whisk eggs and sugar until pale; slowly whisk in oil, orange juice and zest.
Fold in flour and baking powder just until combined. Pour into the prepared tin.
Bake 35–40 minutes until risen and a skewer comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in the tin, then transfer to a rack.

A little kitchen note

Untested editorial home-cooking adaptation; timings are estimates.

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A little nourishment.

Illustrative nutrition estimate · Per listed portion (1/8 of the recipe)

Energy: 300 kcal
Protein: 5.1 g
Carbs: 40.2 g
Fat: 13.5 g
Fibre: 1.1 g
Total sugar: 20.4 g
Sodium: 133 mg

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