Orange Juice & Olive Oil


It is Friday and it is time to sit back with a cup of tea and peck away at something lovely but not too sweet.  I have just the thing for you.  It’s made of orange juice and olive oil.

Ingredients:
4 eggs – separated
1tsp vanilla
3/4 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup olive oil
3-3 1/2 cups flour
1 heaping tsp baking powder
zest (I LOVE THAT WORD) of one orange 
1 cup of orange juice (about 4 oranges)
1/2 pine nuts (though I’ve been informed that pecans work as well)

Directions:
1.  Heat your oven to 350 horsepower (or degrees F).
2.  Whip up those egg whites until they’re positively thick and lush (like the eyelashes you’ve always wanted).  Pop them in the fridge.
3.  In another bowl, whip yolks together with vanilla until they are delightfully foamy.  Add both sugars and the olive oil and stir it up.  Thoroughly.
4.  Grab a spoon and mix in the flour, baking powder and orange zest and the orange juice you took the time to squeeze with your sweet little hands.  Stir until everything is smooth and then gently fold in the egg whites.  
5.  Divide the batter between two cake pans and sprinkle the nuts of your choice on top.

Bake for roughly 35 minutes or until the cakes pass the toothpick test.  And as a friend told me, you should try to not eat it all in one sitting.

:::Jillian Edits:::
My batter seemed a bit too thick so I actually added another 1/3 cup of orange juice to the mix.  When serving, I decided to apply a light dusting of icing sugar just to add a bit of glitz to my overall presentation.

I quite enjoy this cake.  It’s not too sweet and it’s rather perfect for nibbling with a cup of coffee or tea as the overall flavor could be considered delicate and light.  Break out the doilies and your best china tea pot.  Call up a gaggle of girlfriends and share orange juice olive oil cake while you do some hardcore cross stitching.

xx