Orange & Olive Oil Syrup Cake with Cardamom

Name: Orange & Olive Oil Syrup Cake with Cardamom
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 50 min
Total time: 2 h 5 min
Yield: Makes: 1 x 22 cm (8½ inch) cake
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon fine sea salt; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 225 g (8 oz/1½ cups) self-raising flour; 20 cardamom pods; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; about 100 ml (3½ fl oz) non-dairy milk; 3 oranges; 100 ml (3½ fl oz) mild olive oil, plus extra for oiling; 425 g (15 oz) caster (superfine) sugar, plus 3 tablespoons extra for the syrup

Preparation info

Makes:
1 x 22 cm
cake

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
2 hr 30

Appears in

Easy Vegan

By Sue Quinn

Published 2015

About

Fragrant, dense and doused in syrup, this is wonderful either warm or cold. If you don’t want to add the orange slices on top, feel free to omit that step.

Ingredients

100 ml (3½ fl oz) mild olive oil, plus extra for oiling
3 oranges

Dessert
Vegan

Method

Heat the oven to 170°C (325°F/Gas 3). Lightly oil a 22 cm (8½ inch) loose-bottomed cake tin and l