JHB West - April 22

Editor’s Choice ...
It’s Easter. And our editor wants cake!
Compiled by: KYM ARGO
Herbaceous orange olive oil cake with cream cheese topping
A delicious Easter cake, bursting with citrus flavours. (Ed’s note ...
so delicious, perfect for a sunny afternoon tea time treat).
What you’ll need:
For the cake: 1 cup B-well Extra virgin olive oil; 2 Tbsp B-well
Thick and Creamy mayonnaise; 3 cups All-purpose flour; 2 tsp
baking powder; ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda; ¼ tsp salt; 1 cup
sugar or 1 ¼ coconut nectar sugar; ¾ cup plant milk; 1 ½ Tbsp
fresh rosemary/lavender buds, finely chopped or crushed in
a mortar and pestle; zest of two oranges; ½ cup fresh orange
juice; 2 tsp vanilla extract; 1 tsp orange extract (optional)
For the topping: 2 cups icing sugar; 1 tub cream cheese; 1/3
cup fresh orange juice; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 fresh rosemary/
lavender sprig, minced (optional); Orange slices; some lavender
sprigs, for decoration; berries, optional for decoration
To make:
Preheat the oven to 180°C. Coat a cake tin with B-well baking
spray, (we recommend a bundt tin)
Sift the dry ingredients into a large bowl, then still in the minced
herbs.
In a separate bowl combine the B-well Extra virgin olive oil,
B-well mayonnaise, plant milk, sugar, orange juice, optional
orange extract, vanilla extract, and orange zest.
Combine, and add to flour mixture, mix until blended.
Pour the batter into prepared bundt cake mould. Bake for 40
minutes or until the outside is golden brown and when you
insert a wooden toothpick, it comes out clean.
Remove from pan and cool for 15 minutes on wire rack.
Combine icing sugar, cream cheese, vanilla extract and orange
juice, stir until smooth. Place short pieces of wax or parchment
paper underneath the cake.
Drizzle icing over cake in a circle. Garnish with the lavender and
decorate with the orange slices, herbs and fruit. Dust with icing
sugar for a final ending. Serve and enjoy!
For every baker with a sweet tooth, chocolate recipes
are the ultimate treat. And The Little Chocolate
Cookbook by Sue Quinn is just crammed with
chocolate treats ... desserts, biscuits, even breads. It’s
full of inspiration for all types of occasions and includes
the perfect recipe whether you’re new to baking, or an
old hand! Lovely recipes for gifts, too ... like chocolate
bark and chocolate-dipped shortbread. Enjoy the
sweeter side of life with this irresistible little cookbook.
Hardie Grant, R210
Rather fancy this modern acacia wooden
plate with glass cloche ... just the thing to
store cakes and stylish enough to bring to
the tea table. R750 from Woolworths
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