This is one of the best chocolate cakes I've eaten in a long time! I was thinking of ideas for AlphaBakes this month which is the letter 'O' and I thought about olive oil. A quick online search pointed me in the direction of Nigella.com. To be honest, I've never tried a Nigella recipe that did not turn out well so I knew I was on to a winner especially when the comments were so positive. It's a really simple cake and it's also gluten free. The cake is rich and moist and intensely chocolatey. It looks like it's going to be a dense and heavy cake but it's not at all. It's best served warm with some ice cream or cream. One of my cake testers has declared this the best cake I've baked to date.
I'm sending this to AlphaBakes which is hosted by Caroline from Caroline Makes and co-hosted by myself on alternate months. The letter this month is O for Olive Oil.
I'm also sending this to Made with Love Mondays hosted by Javelin Warrior where the idea is to make everything from scratch.
olive oil, cocoa powder, caster sugar, homemade vanilla extract, eggs, ground almonds 
making the chocolate mixture 
beat the olive oil, eggs and sugar until thickened 
ready to go in the oven 
who wants a slice?
Recipe from Nigella.com
I love the idea of an olive oil cake. I've bake muffins with olive oil before, but never a cake. It certainly looks moist and the chocolate color is marvelously dark...
ReplyDeleteOlive oil cakes are so deliciously moist and this one turned out beautifully.
DeleteI love this chocolate olive oil cake look absolutely delicious!
ReplyDeleteI made this last week - one of my favourites!
ReplyDeleteIts now one of my favourites too :)
Deletethis is one of the best chocolate cakes around!
ReplyDeleteYour cake looks delicious. I was surprised to see that it had olive oil in it.
ReplyDeleteThanks and you can't taste the olive oil (I did use a mild olive oil)
DeleteI love this cake... just look how dark and glossy it is... will be making this this weekend x
ReplyDeleteYou'll love it - it's sooooo good!
DeleteOh wow, if you could send that by post I would be first in line, looks amazing!
ReplyDeleteIt might not get past the post office lol :)
DeleteBookmarking! Looks fabulous :)
ReplyDeleteGosh that looks gloriously gooey! Have you got any flavoured oils? I've made one with an orange olive oil but I think really dark choc and rosemary would work
ReplyDeleteFlavoured oils sound like a brilliant idea - I'll have to try that next time. Thanks for the tip :)
DeleteJust the thing to cheer up an autumn day. Lovely.
ReplyDeleteI love chocolate cake, your chocolate olive oil cake looks lush. I must try soon :-) x
ReplyDeleteIf you love chocolate cake, you'll definitely love this one!
DeleteI’ve made vegan cakes using oil before and they always turn out deliciously moist. If this is one of the best chocolate cakes you've ever made that is saying something, I will have to bookmark this!
ReplyDeleteIt really was amazing and so simple to make too
DeleteJust came across your blog while looking for a new recipe........wow, I don't know what one I'm going to try first. Maybe the Olive Oil Chocolate Cake.
ReplyDeleteI would love to have you to link up at my weekly Clever Chicks Blog Hop:
http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2013/11/clever-chicks-blog-hop-61-with-two.html
I hope you can make it!
Cheers,
Kathy Shea Mormino
The Chicken Chick
http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/
Thanks for the invite
DeleteI have pretty much replaced anything that uses corn, canola, or vegetable oil with oive oil. It's definitely healthier and I do love the taste of it! This recipe does look and sound delicious. I'm not a big cake baker, but may have to break down and try it sometime! Thanks for the recipe!
ReplyDeleteAnn @ Cairn Cottage
http://cairncottage.blogspot.com/
I hope you give it a go sometime as it's really tasty. Thanks for stopping by.
DeleteHi Ros I had your blog for SRC this month and I made your gorgeous chocolate olive oil cake. We loved it!!
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