Chocolate Orange Olive Oil Cake

Ingredients
- Cocoa
- Baking Powder
- Salt
- Sugar
- Olive Oil
- Milk
- Orange Zest
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 170°C (fan) and line a 20 cm round cake tin with baking parchment.
- In a large bowl whisk together the flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt.
- In a jug whisk the sugar, eggs, olive oil, milk, orange zest and orange juice until smooth.
- Pour the wet mixture into the dry ingredients and whisk gently until just combined. Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Scrape the batter into the tin and smooth the top.
- Bake for 35–40 minutes, or until a skewer comes out with just a few moist crumbs.
- Cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then move to a rack. Dust with cocoa or icing sugar before serving.
- Pink milk
Notes
A deeply chocolatey cake with a gentle hint of orange and the soft crumb you get from baking with olive oil. It feels a little bit special but is easy enough for a weekday pudding.
This one is lovely served just warm with a spoon of yoghurt or crème fraîche, and it keeps well for a couple of days in a tin.