Uh oh. The Foodies have rolled out of the dumbwaiter and waiting to serve yer fuckin sweetass ass. Now anybody who’s everybody knows that I’m a sucker for flan. So send me or post your bestesstezz flan recipes in the comments section below cuz I’m dyin in here. Er, actually living in here. Up here. Anyhoo, here’s my bestesstezz Olive Oil Cake that you will cream over or around or over in the corner over there away from the food action. And yes you will bake it. And yes you will eat it. And yes you will love it and thank me for saving your life or your oliveoilcakeless existence or whatever you got going over there in slumslapland. And no AI didn’t come up with this recipe or write this (yet) but what do you care anyway cuz your focus is on foood, not How to Write on Shooshslap and Influence Your Neighbor’s Neighbor’s Parakeet or whatever you do that passes for wwwwriting these days. And yes you will reconsider inviting me to the almost nearly OK party that you’ll be throwing and serving this splendid smashing Olive Oil Cake to various nincumpoops and hangers-on (to what?!) who wouldn’t know their Andre Breton from their Benetton to and it doesn’t matter cuz I’ll be crashing your unparty anyway and yes that’s me hanging on the chandelier (that I brought and installed myself for just such an occasion, thank you) in a 1920s tux drinking pink champagne out of your terricloth slipper and shouting: Hey! Whereduuyakeepallthafrruckingflaninnishjoint? to which you will respond coyishly coquettishly: No me esspeaka da engless then point to this fabulous one-of-kind delish Olive Oil Cake before calling the cops and kicking me out.
Whichever comes first.
Monja!
*Oh! I’d skip the lemon curd btw. It’s way too sexual.
ELLIOT’S TOOFUCKINFABULOUS OLIVE OIL CAKE
3 large eggs, beaten
2 cups granulated sugar
12 oz extra virgin olive oil
10 oz milk
2 oz orange liqueur
2 oz fresh orange juice
3 teaspoons lemon zest
2 cups all-purp flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon kosher salt
4 oz blanched almonds, finely chopped
Powdered sugar
Pre-heat oven to 350. Butter a 10 inch cake pan.
In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, sugar, olive oil, milk, liqueur, orange juice and lemon zest. Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Mix dry mixture into wet. Whisk until well blended. Fold in almonds.
Pour mixture into the buttered cake pan. Bake for 1 hour. Place on rack to cool completely. Run knife around the edges to remove cake and place it on serving platter. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Serves 12
Note: I also ADD orange zest, to taste. Plus, you can use ANY type o liqueur – such as whiskey, vodka, etc or a mixture. Can also be served with lemon curd. YUM! Totally elegant dessert – and a HIT at any party!
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