Chocolate Orange Olive Oil Cake | Salt and Sage Nutrition
Chocolate Orange Olive Oil Cake
20 mins prepServes 8
A delightful Chocolate Orange Olive Oil Cake that combines rich cocoa powder with zesty orange and a moist texture from olive oil. Perfect for Easter or any occasion, this cake is sure to please with its unique flavor profile!
1: Boil about 1/2 cup water.
2: Sift cocoa powder and mix boiling water until smooth and glossy, then add vanilla.
3: Combine flour, baking soda, salt, and orange zest, and set aside.
4: In a standing mixer, combine eggs, sugar, and olive oil at medium speed until thickened (about 3-4 minutes).
5: Once egg mixture is thick, slowly add chocolate mixture until combined on low speed.
6: Once combined, slowly incorporate flour mixture.
7: Heavily oil a round pan and lay down parchment paper in pan (cut to size).
8: Pour batter over parchment paper and bake at 325°F for 45-50 minutes.
9: Let cake cool once finished, flip, peel off parchment paper and dust with sifted confectioners sugar.
