Neill is the resident Chef for Greybe Fine Olive Products, bringing their customers beautifully created dishes and pairings with a select range of delicious olive products from Greece and South Africa
 
Orange olive oil cake, blood oranges & crème fraiche

Orange olive oil cake, blood oranges & crème fraiche

By Neill Anthony

INGREDIENTS:

4 WHOLE BLOOD ORANGES
100ml WILLOW CREEK DIRECTORS’ RESERVE EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL
4 WHOLE EGGS
200g ICING SUGAR
200g ALMOND FLOUR
1tsp (5ml) BAKING POWDER
PINCH SALT
ICING SUGAR FOR DUSTING
2 DESSERT SPOONS CRÉME FRAICHE
DRIZZLE DOLEON ORANGE FLAVOURED EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL
DASH WHISKY

METHOD:

  1. Preheat oven to 175 degrees
  2. Place the blood oranges into a small saucepan and cover with water
  3. Simmer over a medium heat for about an hour
  4. Remove from heat, allow to cool
  5. Place the oranges into blender and puree
  6. Add eggs plus Willow Creek olive oil (100ml) and drizzle of Doleon orange olive oil whilst blending
  7. Add dry ingredients to blender till incorporated (or mix together in a large bowl)
  8. Pour into round, greased cake tin
  9. Place in oven and bake to 40-45min or till cake has risen and is light brown in colour
  10. Remove from oven when cooked

 FOR THE CRÈME FRAICHE:

  1. Mix drizzle of Doleon orange olive oil with crème fraiche
  2. Add a splash of whisky and combine

 SERVING:

  1. Dust with icing sugar and serve with crème fraiche mixture.