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Orange Olive Oil Cake

An orange olive oil cake made with whole oranges - It's also gluten-free, dairy-free, and refined sugar free.

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword dairy-free, extra virgin olive oil, gluten-free, orange
Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings 8

Ingredients

For the cake

  • 1 pound oranges (approximately 2 large or 4-5 small), quartered and seeded if necessary.
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 1 tbsp orange liqueur such as Triple Sec
  • 2 1/4 cups almond flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt

For the topping

  • 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 3 to 4 small oranges, peeled and sliced 1/2 inch thick
  • 1 tbsp honey

Instructions

For the cake

  1. Make sure that the seeds are removed from your oranges, then place them in the food processor and puree until evenly smooth.

    oranges pureed in food processor.

  2. Place the orange puree in a medium mixing bowl and whisk in the eggs, extra virgin olive oil, honey, and orange liqueur until fully combined. Set aside.

  3. In a separate mixing bowl, combine the almond flour, baking powder, and salt. Add the orange puree mixture to the almond flour mixture and stir until just combined (do not overmix).

    two bowls of batter mixture for orange olive oil cake.

  4. Pour the batter into a very well greased 9" round baking pan. (We used olive oil to grease it, but you can use shortening, or even butter, if you are not concerned about keeping it dairy-free.) Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes, or until the cake is light brown around the edges and firm in the center.

    orange cake before baking.

  5. Remove from oven and let cool for 15 minutes. Then carefully invert the cake onto a cake plate.

    baked orange olive oil cake.

For the topping

  1. Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Place the orange slices in the saucepan and cook gently, approximately 3-4 minutes on each side.

  2. Carefully remove the oranges from the pan and place them in a circular pattern on top of the cake. Drizzle the cake with honey. Serve warm or at room temperature.