Greek Orange Olive Oil Cake

25m
Prep Time

1h
Cook Time

1h 25m
Ready In

Recipe: #3609

December 19, 2011

Categories: Orange, Greek, Baby Shower, Birthday, Brunch, Christmas, Mothers Day, New Years Potluck, Valentine's Day, Oven Bake, more

recipe by:
KittenCal

"Make sure to use a light-colored Bundt pan. A dark one will turn out a cake that sticks and is unpleasantly brown. Since this olive oil cake only gets better with age, don’t even think about taking a bite until the day after you make it, or even two days"

Original is 12-14 servings

Metric US

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Nutritional

Serving Size: 1 (150.4 g)
Calories 457.9
Total Fat - 29.8 g
Saturated Fat - 4.5 g
Cholesterol - 86.8 mg
Sodium - 409.1 mg
Total Carbohydrate - 41.1 g
Dietary Fiber - 2.2 g
Sugars - 5.1 g
Protein - 7.3 g
Calcium - 120.4 mg
Iron - 1.1 mg
Vitamin C - 32.5 mg
Thiamin - 0.1 mg

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Position the oven rack in the middle of the Genorously coat a 12-cup Bundt or tube pan with baking spray and set aside (I use my Pan Release recipe posted on this site).

Step 2

Finely grate the zest of 3 of the oranges, then squeeze 4 of them. You should have 1 1/2 cups of juice; if not squeeze the 5th orange; set aside.

Step 3

Whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl and set aside.

Step 4

In the bowl using an electric mixer beat the eggs and vanilla on medium-high speed until thoroughly combined, about 3 minutes. Add in the sugar and continue beating until thick and pale yellow, about 3 minutes. Reduce to low speed and alternately beat in the flour mixture and oil, starting and ending with the flour. Beat in the orange juice and zest until well combined.

Step 5

Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake until the cake tests done (about 1 1/4 hours, if the top is browning too much as the cake bakes, cover lightly with foil) Transfer to a wire rack and cool for 15 minutes.

Step 6

Turn the cake out onto the rack and cool completely, then place it in a covered cake stand and let it sit overnight. Just before serving, dust with powdered sugar.