Chocolate olive oil cake

Name: Chocolate olive oil cake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 150ml/5fl oz regular olive oil, plus extra for greasing; 50g/2oz cocoa powder, sifted; 125ml/4fl oz boiling water; 2 tsp vanilla extract; 150g/5½oz ground almonds or 125g/4½oz plain flour (a gluten-free if required or on a low-FODMAP diet); ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda; pinch salt; 200g/7oz caster sugar; 3 free-range eggs

Instructions

Prep:30minCook:1h

Although I first came up with this recipe because I had someone coming for supper who –genuinely – couldn’t eat wheat or dairy, it is so meltingly good, I now make it all the time for those whose life and diet are not so unfairly constrained, myself included. A low-FODMAP serving is one small slice. If gluten-free flour is used to replace the ground almonds, this cake is ok for low-FODMAP diets. Make sure to check if your gluten-free flour is low-FODMAP, for example coconut flour is not.

Updated at: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 08:58:55 GMT