Blood Orange Olive Oil Cake

Ingredients

• 187g plain flour
• 150g granulated sugar
• 1 ½ tsp. baking powder
• 150g olive oil
• x2 large eggs
• 2 blood oranges, zest & juice
• ½ a vanilla pod (or 1-2 tsp extract)
• 1 pinch fine salt

Method:

1. Pre-heat the oven to 180C.
2. Butter & dust (with flour) a standard loaf pan.
3. In a medium bowl, sift together the; flour & baking powder and set aside.
4. In another bowl, crack the eggs and whisk together with the sugar until frothy.
5. Once frothy, slowly emulsify in the olive oil in a thin stream.
6. Next, add in the; juice & zest from the oranges, along with the vanilla & salt.
7. Finally, gradually mix in the dry ingredients and take care not to overmix.
8. Pour the batter into the prepped loaf pan and bake for approx. 60 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.
9. Allow the cake to cool before removing it from the pan.
10. To finish you can dust with icing sugar.