Olive Oil Orange Cake Recipe

3.50 from 35 votes
A slice of sponge cake dusted with powdered sugar is placed on a blue plate. In the background, another plate with a slice of cake and some oranges are visible. The scene is set on a wooden surface.

This olive oil-orange cake is very soft, moist and easy to prepare. You need only few basic ingredients and few minutes of work. This recipe is also a dairy- free and doesn’t contain any milk or butter. if you like orange cakes you must try this unique recipe.

A slice of sponge cake dusted with powdered sugar is placed on a blue plate. In the background, another plate with a slice of cake and some oranges are visible. The scene is set on a wooden surface.

Olive Oil Orange Cake Recipe

3.50 from 35 votes
Prep Time 1 hour
WORK TIME 15 minutes
DIFFICULTY Easy
Cuisine World
Servings 10 yields

Ingredients
 

  • 1¾ cups 220g Flour
  • â…“ cup 30g Ground almonds
  • 1 teaspoon Baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon Salt
  • 3 large Eggs
  • ¾ cup + 2 tbsp. 175g Sugar
  • ¾ cup 180ml Olive oil
  • ½ cup 120ml Orange juice
  • Zest from 2 Oranges
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
  • 1 tablespoon powdered sugar for dusting

Instructions
 

  • DIRECTIONS
    1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175C). Line the bottom of a 9-inch (23cm) springform pan with a parchment paper and brush with a little bit of olive oil, dust with flour. Set aside.
    2. In a bowl, stir flour, ground almond, salt and baking powder. Set aside.
    3. In a bowl of a stand mixer or in bowl using a hand mixer, beat eggs and sugar on high speed for about 4-5 minutes, until light, pale and fluffy. While beating on low speed, slowly add olive oil, in steady stream until incorporated.
    4. Add vanilla extract and orange zest, mix until combined. Add half of the orange juice, beat until combined, add half of the flour mixture, beat until combined. Add the remaining orange juice, beat, add the remaining flour mixture and beat until combined.
    5. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake for about 35 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
    6. Let cool, dust with powdered sugar before serving.

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8 Comments

  1. Can I replace olive oil with melted butter?

    November 15, 2019
    1. The Cooking Foodie says:

      Yes, you can.

      November 15, 2019
      1. Roseline Tchee says:

        Thanks 👌

        November 15, 2019
  2. By ground almonds, is almond flour acceptable? Or is it just meant for texture?

    February 13, 2020
    1. The Cooking Foodie says:

      Basically its the same thing. So you can use almond flour.

      February 15, 2020
  3. Can you replace the flour with extra ground almonds to make it gluten free?

    April 15, 2020
  4. Tks for this recipe! I have spent some time searching for the best olive oil orange cake, & I think this one will be perfect! You make it very simple, w great instructions one step at a time! In one recipe they used cake flour. & then I could add the almond flour. What do you think about it. Was your cake at all dense or totally moist, Blessings to you! 😀

    April 9, 2022
3.50 from 35 votes (35 ratings without comment)

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