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A golden orange olive oil cake with one slice cut, orange zest on top and yoghurt alongside

Recipe · Baking / Dessert / Weekend

Sample recipe: orange olive oil cake

Untested demonstration copy for a golden, citrusy olive oil cake.

AI-generated image for Nibbles with Nifa

This untested sample recipe demonstrates the baking layout with a low, golden cake, plenty of orange and cold yoghurt spooned over each slice.

Prep
20 mins
Cook
45 mins
Serves
8

Where it came from

The story behind this recipe

Inspired by:
Nibbles with Nifa starter content — Original sample recipe written to demonstrate the editorial recipe format.
What I changed:
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Method

  1. Heat the oven to 175°C. Grease a 20 cm round cake tin and line the base with baking paper.
  2. Rub all but 1 teaspoon of the orange zest into the sugar with your fingertips until the sugar smells strongly of citrus. Whisk in the eggs for 2 minutes, until slightly thickened and pale.
  3. Whisk in the olive oil and 120 ml orange juice. Fold in the flour, baking powder and salt just until no dry pockets remain.
  4. Pour into the tin and bake for 40–45 minutes, until the cake is deep gold and a skewer pushed into the centre comes out clean. Cool in the tin for 15 minutes, then move to a rack.
  5. Let the cake settle for at least 1 hour before slicing. Serve with cold yoghurt and the reserved orange zest.

My notes

  • This is untested demonstration copy for the site layout. Replace it with a cooked, creator-authored recipe before launch.
  • A peppery everyday olive oil gives the cake flavour without making it heavy; save the very expensive finishing oil for the table.