Hazelnut Olive Oil Cake (GF, DF)
Recipe video above: This is the Lemon Olive Oil cake from a delightful cookbook called "Just Desserts" by Charlotte Ree (Amazon here). I've taken the liberty of renaming it because I enjoy the hazelnut flavour so much, I wanted to headline it. So I did!Personally, olive oil in desserts
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Ingredients
- 150 g / 5oz hazelnut meal (1 3/4 cups firmly packed) ((ground hazelnut, sub almond meal, Note 1))
- 1/2 tsp baking soda / bicarbonate soda (, sifted (Note 2))
- Zest of 1 lemon (, finely grated (about 2 teaspoon or so))
- Pinch of salt
- 1/2 cup + 1 1/2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil ((Note 3))
- 1 cup caster sugar / superfine sugar ((sub ordinary/granulated sugar))
- 3 large eggs (, at room temperature (Note 4))
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup whole hazelnuts (, toasted then roughly chopped (Note 5))
- Icing sugar / confectioners' sugar (, for dusting)
- Crème fraîche ((dollop for company))
Steps
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Preheat oven to 170°C / 340°F (150°C fan). Grease a 20 cm/8" springform pan with olive oil then line with baking paper (parchment paper), then grease the paper. (Note 6)
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Dry ingredients: In a medium bowl, mix the hazelnut meal, baking soda, lemon and salt.
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Beat wet ingredients: In a large bowl, beat the olive oil, eggs and sugar for 2 to 3 minutes on speed 7 of a handheld beater or until it becomes pale and thick (like pouring cream).
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Add vanilla and beat on speed 1 for 10 seconds.
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Mix in dry: Add the Dry ingredients and mix in gently using a rubber spatula.
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Bake 45 minutes: Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 45 minutes. It will puff up dramatically in the oven but it collapses as it cools.
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Cool: Remove from the oven and allow the cake to fully cool in the pan before releasing from the springform pan. This is a rustic cake that has higher edges and a flatter centre. Perfect proportions, I say: plenty of meringue-like edges and not an overwhelming amount of the rich brownie-like centre of the cake!
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Decorate: Sprinkle with hazelnuts and dust with icing sugar, if desired. Serve fully cool.
Nutrition Facts (per serving)
Macronutrients
*DV = Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet
💰 Cost Estimate
📋 Price Breakdown (9% ingredients detected)
| Ingredient | Amount | Unit Price | Subtotal |
|---|---|---|---|
| / 5oz hazelnut meal | 150 g | - | - |
| baking soda / bicarbonate soda | 0.5 tsp | Rp 8.000/100g | Rp 200 |
| Zest of 1 lemon | 1 l | - | - |
| Pinch of salt | - | - | - |
| + 1 1/2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil | 0.5 cup | - | - |
| caster sugar / superfine sugar | 1 cup | - | - |
| large eggs | 3 | - | - |
| vanilla extract | 2 tsp | - | - |
| whole hazelnuts | 0.25 cup | - | - |
| Icing sugar / confectioners' sugar | - | - | - |
| Crème fraîche | - | - | - |
*Estimated market prices, may vary by region


















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