Ingredients for - Olive Oil Orange Cornmeal Cake

1. White sugar, divided 1 ⅓ cups
2. Large eggs, beaten 2
3. Olive oil ½ cup
4. Orange juice ½ cup
5. All-purpose flour 1 ¼ cups
6. Finely ground yellow cornmeal ½ cup
7. Zest from 1 orange ½ cup
8. Baking powder 2 teaspoons
9. Salt 1 teaspoon

How to cook deliciously - Olive Oil Orange Cornmeal Cake

1 . Stage

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

2 . Stage

Grease the bottom and sides of an 8-inch round cake pan; line with parchment paper. Grease top of paper.

3 . Stage

Beat 1 cup sugar, eggs, olive oil, and orange juice together in a large bowl until smooth; add flour, cornmeal, orange zest, baking powder, and salt. Use a whisk to lightly mix the wet and dry ingredients together. Pour the mixture into the prepared pan. Sprinkle remaining sugar over the top of the batter.

4 . Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 25 to 35 minutes. Cool cake in the pan for 20 minutes. Run a knife along the inside edge of the pan to loosen cake. Invert pan onto a plate to remove cake from pan. Use plate to again invert the cake onto a cooling rack to cool completely.