Gluten-Free Orange Olive Oil Cake (Almond Flour)
This gluten-free olive oil cake is made with almond flour for an extremely tender and moist cake. It has a delicious bright orange flavor from the zest of an orange. The best part is this cake is perfect for anyone on a gluten-free or low carb diet.
Servings: 9
Ingredients
- 2 cups almond flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup olive oil
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 eggs, room temperature
- 2 teaspoons orange juice
- zest of 1 orange
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease a loaf pan lightly with olive oil and line with parchment paper. Cut the parchment Long enough so that you can use it as handles to lift the cake from the pan after baking.
- In a large mixing bowl stir the almond flour, baking powder and salt together.
- In a separate bowl beat the olive oil and sugar together with a hand mixer. The sugar will not dissolve completely in the oil.
- Add the eggs and beat until smooth. The mixture will become very thick. Stir in the orange zest and orange juice.
- Combine the olive oil mixture with the almond flour. Use a wooden spoon to incorporate all ingredients until no streaks of flour remain.
- Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
- Bake in preheated oven for 40-45 minutes. Cake will only slightly rise but will be golden brown. Test with a toothpick for doneness.
- Use the parchment to lift cake from pan and place on a wire cooling rack.
- Decorate cake with orange slices and powdered sugar if desired.