Olive Oil Apple Cake With Spiced Sugar Recipes

OLIVE OIL APPLE CAKE WITH SPICED SUGAR

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Pour about 1 Tbsp. oil into a 9x5" loaf pan and coat bottom and sides with fingertips. Sprinkle granulated sugar onto sides and bottom of pan to lightly coat.
• Grate apples, peel and all, on the large holes of a box grater. Gather apples in a clean kitchen towel and wring out excess liquid. Be aggressive! You want them as dry as possible when they go into the batter.
• Whisk cinnamon, pepper, cardamom, and ginger in a medium bowl. Transfer 1/4 tsp. spice mixture to a small bowl; set aside. Add flour and baking powder to remaining spice mixture and whisk to combine.
• Whisk together eggs, egg yolks, brown sugar, vanilla, salt, and 1/2 cup granulated sugar in a large bowl. Continue whisking vigorously until lightened in color and thickened. Whisking with one hand and pouring with the other, slowly stream 1 cup oil into egg mixture until combined. Gently fold flour mixture into whipped eggs with a flexible rubber spatula just until combined, taking care not to overmix.
• Fluff up grated apples and scatter over batter. Gently fold to incorporate.
• Transfer batter to prepared pan; smooth top. Add 2 tsp. granulated sugar to reserved spice mixture and mix to combine. Sprinkle spiced sugar evenly over top of batter.
• Bake cake until deep golden brown and a tester inserted into the center comes out clean, 60-70 minutes. Let cake cool in pan. Run a butter knife or offset spatula along edge of cake to loosen and invert onto a platter.
• Do Ahead: Cake can be made 3 days ahead (the flavor gets slightly more intense each day). Store in an airtight container at room temperature.

SPICED OLIVE OIL CAKE WITH ORANGE GLAZE

Steps:

• Make the cake: Heat the oven to 375 degrees. Coat a loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the dry cake ingredients, including ground spices. In another bowl, whisk the oil, milk, eggs, rum, orange zest and juice until smooth.
• Pour the wet ingredients into the dry. To prevent clumps, stir together starting from the center of the bowl, gradually drawing in the dry ingredients. Mix just until smooth. The batter will be thick. Pour into the prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in the center of the oven for 1 hour, rotating after 30 minutes. When done, the cake will be just firm and dry on top and a tester inserted into the center will come out clean.
• Meanwhile, make the glaze: In a measuring cup with a pouring spout, whisk together the confectioners' sugar and 2 tablespoons orange juice until smooth. The texture should be runny; add more orange juice if needed.
• Let the cake cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then turn out. While it is still warm, drizzle the glaze over the top, making messy, Jackson Pollock-style zigzags by moving the cup back and forth over the cake. Let cool completely to set.

OLIVE-OIL-AND-APPLE-CIDER CAKE

Steps:

• Place the apples and 1/2 cup apple cider in a small saucepan. Cover and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer for 10 minutes, or until the apples are falling apart. Mash the apples with a fork to make a coarse applesauce.
• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Brush a bundt pan or 10-inch tube pan with a light coating of the olive oil. Dust the pan with 1 tablespoon of the flour and tap out any excess.
• Combine the flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl and set aside. Stir together the remaining cider and 1/2 cup of the applesauce.
• In a large bowl, whip the eggs with the sugar until tripled in volume, about 8 minutes. Fold in 1/3 of the dry ingredients until just combined. Fold in half of the cider-applesauce mixture. Gently fold in the olive oil, deflating the batter as little as possible. Alternate the remaining dry ingredients and the cider mixture, ending with dry ingredients. Gently pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.
• Put the cake on a rack to cool completely. Serve with applesauce or fruit compote and whipped cream, if desired.

APPLE SPICED OLIVE OIL CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Sift together flour next 5 ingredients. Whisk together olive oil and next 4 ingredients. Stir in grated apple and reserved flour mixture until blended. Pour mixture into a well-greased 9" round cake pan. Bake for 40 mins or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool in plan on wire rack for 20 mins. Remove and cool completely on rack. Garnish with powdered sugar.

SPICED ORANGE OLIVE OIL CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly oil and flour a loaf pan.
• Beat eggs in a bowl until lightened in color. Add sugar, olive oil, orange zest, and five-spice powder and beat until smooth. Fold flour, baking powder, and salt into egg mixture until batter is just mixed. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Remove cake from the pan and cool on a wire rack.