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

Ingredients Syrup

125ml water
Juice of 2 limes 
60g castor sugar
2 sprigs rosemary

Method
  1. Grind bread, almonds and rosemary in a food processor until as fine as possible. 
  2. Combine with sugar & baking powder. Add lime zest, Lime Pressed Olive Oil & eggs. 
  3. Pour into greased 22cm spring form cake tin. 
  4. Put into cold oven & bake at 180C for 45-50 min. Leave in tin 5-10 min to cool.
  5. 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.

January 12, 2013 — Olio Bello

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