Apéro Cake

Name: Apéro Cake
Prep time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: Makes: 18-portion cake
Cuisine: France
Ingredients: 2 slices jambon cru or back bacon, diced; 1 tsp dried herbes de Provence; 100 g / 3½ oz Gruyère or Emmental cheese, grated; 1 red pepper, grilled, skinned and diced; 100 ml / 3½ fl oz olive oil; 4 eggs; 175 g / 6 oz green olives, stones removed; 100 ml / 3½ fl oz dry white wine; 2 tsp baking powder; 265 g / 9 oz plain flour

Preparation info

Makes:
18
-portion cake

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
35 min

Appears in

Cakes

By Geraldene Holt

Published 2011

About

A recipe from a French friend for a savoury cake to accompany drinks or an apéritif. The batter-based cake is studded with green olives, red peppers, ham and cheese. Serve the cake straight from the oven, cut into narrow fingers.

Ingredients

265 g / 9 oz plain flour
2 tsp baking powder

Europe
France
Cake
Mediterranean

Method

Measure the flour and baking powder into a bowl. Add the eggs, olive oil and white wine and mix to a smooth batter with an electric beater. Stir in the olives, cheese, red pepper and jambon cru with the herbs. Pour the batter into the prepared cake tin.

Bake in the centre of the preheated oven until cooked and the cake is starting to shrink from the tin. Turn out on to a wooden b