Orange Olive Oil Cake With Candied Walnuts

Name: Orange Olive Oil Cake With Candied Walnuts
Prep time: 1 h 40 min
Cook time: 1 h 40 min
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp baking powder; 10 servings Coarse sea salt; 4 eggs; 237 milliliters flour; 118 milliliters olive oil, plus more for greasing pan; 118 milliliters fresh orange juice; 1 Tbsp zested orange peel; 10 servings Powdered sugar; 1 teaspoons salt; 158 milliliters sugar; 355 milliliters walnut halves; 355 milliliters chopped walnuts

Orange Olive Oil Cake With Candied Walnuts might be just the dessert you are searching for. This dairy free and vegetarian recipe serves 10. One serving contains 486 calories, 9g of protein, and 36g of fat. A mixture of orange juice, powdered sugar, eggs, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour and 40 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease springform pan with olive oil.

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Olive Oil

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Springform Pan

Oven

Place walnuts in food processor. Pulse until finely ground.

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Walnuts

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Food Processor

In a medium bowl, whisk together walnuts, flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.

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Baking Powder

Walnuts

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

In a large bowl, beat eggs with an electric mixer until frothy, about 2 minutes.

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Egg

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Add sugar to eggs and beat until creamy, about 3 minutes. Stir in walnut mixture.

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Walnuts

Sugar

Egg

Add orange zest, orange juice, and olive oil and beat until combined.

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Orange Juice

Orange Zest

Olive Oil

Pour batter into prepared springform pan and bake until golden and a cake tester comes out clean, about 1 hour.

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Springform Pan

Oven

While cake is cooling, make topping. Line a baking sheet with silpat.

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Baking Sheet

Place sugar in a medium, heavy bottomed sauce pan over medium high heat. Cook sugar, stirring occasionally, until completely melted and light amber in color. Immediately add walnuts, and stir to combine.

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Walnuts

Sauce

Sugar

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Pour walnuts onto prepared baking sheet, working quickly to spread them out.

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Walnuts

Spread

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Baking Sheet

Sprinkle them immediately with coarse sea salt.

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Coarse Sea Salt

To assemble: Dust top of cake with powdered sugar until evenly covered. Lightly break up any large chunks of walnuts and spread evenly over top of cake.

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Powdered Sugar