RECIPE - Rosemary & Lime Pressed Olive Oil Cake

  

 

Ingredients

Cake
120g roasted almonds
100g pane de casa bread
2 teaspoons chopped rosemary leaves
200g castor sugar
2 teaspoon baking powder
4 eggs, beaten
200ml Olio Bello Lime Pressed Olive Oil
Zest of 1 lime
 
Syrup
125ml water
Juice of 2 limes
60g castor sugar
2 sprigs rosemary
 
Method

• Grind bread, almonds and rosemary in a food processor until as fine as possible. 
• Combine with sugar & baking powder. Add lime zest, Lime Pressed Olive Oil & eggs. 
• Pour into greased 22cm spring form cake tin. 
• Put into cold oven & bake at 180C for 45-50 min. Leave in tin 5-10 min to cool.
• To make syrup - gently heat all ingredients until sugar dissolved, boil for 5 min, allow rosemary to infuse. Pierce holes in cake and strain syrup over whilst warm.

 

Note: This recipe is delicious if you wish to substitute Lemon Pressed Olive Oil and lemon juice.