Olive Oyl

Last week my sister and brother-in-law packed up all their earthly possessions and moved thousands of miles east to the far away state of South Carolina.

The majority of their kitchen's pantry contents made their way to my house, including copious amounts of olive oil. While I was trying to find a place to stash a half-full, five-liter jug of the stuff, I decided i just needed to use some of it up.

I'd seen recipes for olive oil cakes before, but had never made one, so I decided to give it a try. I remembered seeing a recipe a few months ago in Food and Wine, so I started looking through my old issues and found two.

I had all the ingredients for one, and not the other, so the choice of which one to make was easy.

The recipe I chose was very simple, using very few ingredients, and the cake came together very easily. As an added bonus, it smelled heavenly while it baked, almost from the moment I put it in the oven.

Here is a link to the recipe on Food and Wine's website, and below is a picture of my finished cake.



It was quite yummy. Not too sweet and with that kind of fruity taste that comes from olive oil. The recipe article didn't give any serving suggestions, but I think it would be nice served with some sweetened whipped cream and some fresh fruit like peaches or berries. It is just fine by itself, too.



I definitely would make this recipe again, and since I still have a lot of olive oil, I'm sure I will.