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    You are here: Home / Recipes / Cakes / strawberry olive oil cake

    strawberry olive oil cake

    Aug 10, 2018 · 11 Comments

    Enjoy summer's fresh strawberries with this sweet and simple Strawberry Olive Oil Cake! It's light, fluffy, full of juicy berries and crowned with freshly whipped cream.

    strawberry olive oil cake | The Baking Fairy

    Hello friends and happy FRIDAY! Today is the last day of #FarmersMarketWeek, and I thought I would finish us off with something sweet and delicious. This Strawberry Olive Oil Cake is a light and fluffy cake made of simple ingredients that really let the fresh berry and lemon flavors shine through! I initially made it a few years ago, and it was much overdo for some new pictures. It wasn't very pretty then and... honestly it isn't pretty all by itself now either ? That's why I had to bring in the whipped cream and sliced strawberries! The wonders of food styling, y'all.

    strawberry olive oil cake | The Baking Fairy #FarmersMarketWeek

    This strawberry olive oil cake is seriously wonderful and I am so ashamed of myself for forgetting about it for like 5 years! It is super simple to make, one-bowl, and the olive oil base is fantastic for basically any fruit your heart desires. Any berry would be great in here, but I'm thinking the lemon juice and zest would pair nicely with some peaches or thinly slices apples, too! Just pick up whatever looks good at the farmer's market and throw it in here!

    strawberry olive oil cake | The Baking Fairy #FarmersMarketWeek

    strawberry olive oil cake | The Baking Fairy #FarmersMarketWeek

    This strawberry olive oil cake is delicious all by itself, but honestly even better with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream, or crowned with fresh whipped cream and fresh berries like I did here! I used my secret trick to keep the whipped cream from deflating even days later. The cake is tender and fluffy, full of bright lemon flavor and the subtle depth of the olive oil. The fresh berries sink as it bakes and form the most wonderful little soft, juicy pockets!

    strawberry olive oil cake | The Baking Fairy #FarmersMarketWeek

    strawberry olive oil cake | The Baking Fairy #FarmersMarketWeek

    I hope you'll give this strawberry olive oil cake a try soon! It's the perfect quick snack cake for summer entertaining, or just when you're craving something sweet 🙂 Happy baking!

    Looking for more quick fruit cakes? Check out my Italian Apple Cake, Dark Chocolate Browned Butter Pear Cake, Fresh Plum Cake, Red Wine Poached Pear Chocolate Cake, and Peach Blueberry Buckle!

    Earlier this #FarmersMarketWeek: Blueberry Peach Pie with Pecan Streusel and Charred Corn, Zucchini & Arugula Pizza

    5.0 from 3 reviews
    strawberry olive oil cake
     
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    Prep time
    15 mins
    Cook time
    1 hour
    Total time
    1 hour 15 mins
     
    Enjoy summer's fresh strawberries with this sweet and simple Strawberry Olive Oil Cake! It's light, fluffy, full of juicy berries and crowned with freshly whipped cream.
    Author: Valentina | The Baking Fairy
    Recipe type: Cakes
    Serves: one 8" cake
    Ingredients
    • 1½ cups all purpose flour
    • 1 teaspoon baking powder
    • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
    • ¼ teaspoon salt
    • ¾ cups granulated white sugar
    • ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
    • ¼ cup milk
    • zest and juice of 1 lemon
    • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
    • 2 eggs
    • 2 cups fresh strawberries, halved
    • *for topping*
    • 1 cup heavy whipping cream
    • 2 tablespoon powdered sugar
    • 1 tablespoon powdered milk
    • pinch of salt
    • 1 cup fresh strawberries, quartered
    Instructions
    1. Preheat the oven to 350F. Spray a 9″ cake pan with baking spray (or use butter and flour), and set aside.
    2. In a large bowl, combine the sugar, olive oil, milk, vanilla extract, lemon zest, and lemon juice.
    3. Mix until well combined, then add in the eggs.
    4. Beat until smooth, then add in the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Beat on medium until the batter is light and fluffy. Pour into your prepared cake pan.
    5. Wash and dry the strawberries, cut off the tops, and cut in half.
    6. Starting in the center of the cake, lay down the strawberry halves close together, and work your way out until the whole cake is covered.
    7. Bake the cake for about 45 minutes uncovered, then check it. If the middle is still jiggly, cover the surface with foil, and bake for 5-10 more minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, and the cake is no longer jiggly.
    8. When cake is cooled off, prepare the whipped cream. Pour the heavy cream, powdered milk, powdered sugar, and salt in the bowl of a stand mixer and beat until light and fluffy. Spread on top of the cake, and arrange fresh strawberries on top. Enjoy!
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    1. Kate says

      August 10, 2018 at 12:49 pm

      This is so gorgeous! Save me a slice, please!

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    2. Ellen says

      August 10, 2018 at 4:46 pm

      What a beautiful cake! Certain to impress guest. Tucking this away for Florida strawberry season later this year!

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    3. Wendy Klik says

      August 10, 2018 at 4:55 pm

      Gorgeous cake...love the double application of the strawberries. YUM

      Reply
    4. Christie says

      August 10, 2018 at 7:17 pm

      That looks so delicious! I love olive oil in the baked goods. The flavor is awesome. I bet it's even better with strawberries.

      Reply
    5. Carlee says

      August 10, 2018 at 10:45 pm

      What a beautiful cake! That pillow of whipped cream is calling my name!

      Reply
    6. Eileen Kelly says

      August 11, 2018 at 12:02 am

      I love the flavors. I had an olive oil cake at a restaurant in Little Italy recently and it was delicious. Your recipe blows it away with the flavors from the strawberries to the cake mixture. Such a great summer treat.

      Reply
    7. Caroline says

      August 11, 2018 at 11:24 am

      This looks delicious! I've seen a few olive oil cakes but they are generally with citrus, intrigued to try it with strawberry. Yum!

      Reply
    8. Anne E Lawton says

      August 12, 2018 at 12:18 pm

      I love the ingredients in this, I bet it tastes absolutely delicious!

      Reply
    9. Teri says

      August 12, 2018 at 7:43 pm

      Beautiful and so tasty looking! I need to make this!

      Reply
    10. Liz @ Books n' Cooks says

      August 13, 2018 at 4:49 pm

      Oooo yum yum yum! This looks amazing! And I bet it's extra delicious when you're using fresh, local strawberries!

      Reply
    11. Christopher Karam says

      May 08, 2020 at 4:50 pm

      Thank you very much for the recipe, I love any type of olive oil cake. This is a light, tasty, and healthy option, it tasted fantastic too!

      I will definitely keep looking over the recipe when I have guests over. One thing I would recommend to increase the quality of the article, making it really useful for your readers would be to add nutrition facts to your dishes!

      There are many sources that show the nutrition facts for ingredients like olive oil. It even lists the vitamins and mineral contents for any ingredient which would be super useful!

      Thank you again for the fantastic strawberry olive oil cake recipe.

      Regards,
      Christopher Karam

      Reply

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