Chocolate Celebration Cake Recipe | olivemagazine

Chocolate Celebration Cake Recipe | olivemagazine

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Celebrate with a decadent chocolate olive oil sponge cake, adorned with luscious hazelnut praline buttercream, tender stewed pears, and crowned with delightful edible flowers

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Ingredients

  • 190ml La Española Extra Virgin Olive Oil plus extra for the tins
  • 2 eggs
  • 190ml soured cream
  • ½ tsp instant coffee granules
  • 260g plain flour
  • 90g cocoa powder
  • 2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 135g caster sugar
  • 135g soft light brown sugar
  • 175g blanched hazelnuts
  • 500g caster sugar
  • 150g egg whites (about 4 eggs)
  • 400g unsalted butter softened
  • edible flowers to decorate
  • 4 pears peeled and chopped (400g prepped weight)
  • 1 lemon zested and juiced
  • 3 tbsp caster sugar
  • thumb-sized piece of ginger

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