Baking with Olive Oil

[acamp7]

I recently made Greek olive oil cake, and after some attempts, it came out great! Some of my early attempts didn’t. But in the end, I loved it.

I have learned that since I am accustomed to baking with butter, switching to olive oil has been a bit of a learning curve. It changes recipes. So, I have been trying to find unique recipes that include olive oil.

Besides the cake, what else can I make?

 

[Laura48]

I recently made Greek olive oil cake, and after some attempts, it came out great! Some of my early attempts didn’t. But in the end, I loved it.

I have learned that since I am accustomed to baking with butter, switching to olive oil has been a bit of a learning curve. It changes recipes. So, I have been trying to find unique recipes that include olive oil.

Besides the cake, what else can I make?

I’ve made a few olive oil lemon drizzle cakes from recipes I googled and they were all very good.

 

[k_tsoukalas]

There's a koulourakia recipe I have made before that uses olive oil, not butter. I ate them on Crete and tracked down the recipe when I got home from that trip. Here's the ingredients:

• ½ cup olive oil
• ¼ cup granulated sugar
• ¼ cup brown sugar
• ½ cup orange juice
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon

Note that you can add other spices if you want in addition, such as cloves and allspice. I do sometimes. The Cretan version had a lot of spices.