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Chocolate, olive oil and walnut cake

There’s a wonderful nutty centre hidden inside this rich choccie cake. - by Better Homes and Gardens
  • 11 Aug 2021
Chocolate, olive oil and walnut cake
Prep: 40 Minutes - Cook: 55 Minutes - Serves 12
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A simple chocolate cake with a wonderfully moist texture.

Ingredients

125ml light extra virgin olive oil, plus extra, to grease

½ cup caster sugar, plus extra ¼ cup

½ cup brown sugar

2 free-range eggs

2 Tbsp Dutch cocoa, plus extra 1 Tbsp

250ml sour cream

2 cups self-raising flour

½ cup walnuts, finely chopped, plus extra, to garnish

Chopped honeycomb, to garnish

 

ICING

1 Tbsp Dutch cocoa, sifted

1½ cups icing sugar mixture, sifted

1 Tbsp light extra virgin olive oil

Method

  1. Grease a 20cm round cake tin with Extra Virgin Olive Oil. Preheat oven to 180°C fan-forced (200°C conventional). Put Extra Virgin Olive Oil and sugars in a large bowl. Whisk to combine. Add eggs, 1 at a time, whisking after each addition. Sift in cocoa and whisk. Whisk in sour cream. Sift in flour then gently whisk until just combined.

  2. Spoon 2 cups of the batter into the tin and smooth surface. Combine nuts, extra caster sugar and extra cocoa in a medium bowl. Scatter over batter in tin. Spoon remaining batter over the top. Smooth surface.

  3. Bake for 55 minutes or until cooked when tested with a skewer. Set aside for 15 minutes. Turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

  4. Add icing ingredients and 2 Tbsp hot water to a large bowl. Mix until smooth.

  5. Trim cake so it sits level. Transfer to a serving plate or cake stand. Spoon over icing, letting it drizzle down sides. Set aside for 30 minutes or until icing sets. To serve, garnish with honeycomb and extra walnuts.

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