This is just the most impossibly plush cake. Seriously, I could take a nap on it if I wasn’t afraid of destroying that fabulous crackly sugar top. It’s simple but super duper flavourful thanks to lots of olive oil and not much else. It’s perfect with a strong coffee, needs no adornment and I hope…
Olive Oil Cake
Orange Olive Oil Cake
I couldn’t be more pleased with the first cake I baked in the new year! Super soft, moist from the olive oil and yoghurt, fragrant with a hint of orange. A quick orange glaze adds more flavour but if you leave it out, the cake is absolutely delicious by itself too. Get a cup of…
Chocolate Olive Oil & Almond Cake
This cake looks simple, not that that’s a bad thing, but it’s deceptive. With olive oil and almonds, it’s the chocolate cake of your dreams. Moist and impossibly soft, with the most beautiful flavours and I think my favourite part is it really doesn’t need an icing or a frosting. A drizzle of cream if…
Ricotta Cake with Chunky Blueberry Sauce
This post is about the little things. Appreciating them, respecting them, falling in love with them. Little things like a tiny bit of a innocent lemon zest that can take a basic cake to another realm. Little things like tangy blueberries suddenly turning a regular old loaf cake into something that calls for a smug…
Whole Wheat Orange Poppy Seed Loaf
It is amazing the lengths I will go to convince myself that cake is healthy. I told myself I could eat this for breakfast, was delighted by how guilt-less this was, and was convinced that no sugar meant no bad stuff. Take this loaf for instance. It’s got olive oil and whole wheat flour so…