Olive Oil Cake with Creamy Chocolate Frosting

Olive Oil Cake with Creamy Chocolate Frosting

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This olive oil cake with creamy chocolate frosting is moist, rich and elegant, plus it lasts for days and doesn’t require a stand mixer to make.

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Ingredients

  • Cake
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
  • Zest of 1 orange
  • ¾ cup good-quality extra-virgin olive oil
  • ½ cup buttermilk
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • Frosting
  • 1½ cups confectioners’ sugar, sifted
  • ¼ cup cocoa powder, sifted
  • ¼ cup (½ stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 2 to 3 tablespoons milk
  • Flaky salt, to garnish (optional)

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