Olive Oil Orange Cornmeal Cake

Serves: 6

Roxane Raynor

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

52

Spice

50

Sweetness

42

Sourness

40

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.8

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1.333333 cups

White Sugar (divided)

2 large

Egg (beaten)

1 cup

Olive Oil

1 cup

Orange Juice

1.25 cups

All-Purpose Flour

2 tsps

Baking Powder

1 tsp

Salt

Directions:

1

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C)

2

Grease the bottom and sides of an 8-inch round cake pan; line with waxed paper or parchment paper

3

Grease top of paper

4

Beat 1 cup sugar, eggs, olive oil, and orange juice together in a large bowl until smooth; add flour, cornmeal, orange zest, baking powder, and salt

5

Use a whisk to lightly mix the wet and dry ingredients together

6

Pour the mixture into the prepared pan

7

Sprinkle remaining sugar over the top of the batter

8

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 25 to 35 minutes

9

Cool cake in the pan for 20 minutes

10

Run a knife along the inside edge of the pan to loosen cake

11

Invert pan onto a plate to remove cake from pan

12

Use plate to again invert the cake onto a cooling rack to cool completely