Grapefruit Olive Oil Cake with Bittersweet Chocolate
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Serves: Serves 8 - 10
 
Sweet and bitter, flecked through with grapefruit zest and morsels of dark chocolate, this is a grown up loaf cake with plenty of character. In the headnote, Ashley suggests using a grassy, floral olive oil rather than one that is peppery. This cake is even more delicious on the second day and any leftovers can be frozen in slices for a rainy (or hungry) day.
Ingredients
  • unsalted butter, for greasing
  • 180ml fresh grapefruit juice (from one large grapefruit), divided
  • 1½ tbsp grapefruit zest, divided
  • 125g whole milk yoghurt
  • 3 large eggs
  • 160ml olive oil
  • 150g caster sugar
  • 235g plain white flour
  • 1½ tsp baking powder
  • ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • pinch salt
  • 125g dark chocolate, finely chopped
  • 175g icing sugar, sifted
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 F/175 C. Grease a 1kg loaf tin and line with baking parchment.
  2. In a small saucepan, bring 120ml grapefruit juice to the boil then simmer until reduced by half. Set aside to cool slightly.
  3. In a medium bowl, whisk together 1 tbsp grapefruit zest, the yoghurt, eggs, olive oil and reduced grapefruit juice. In a separate bowl, soft together the sugar, flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt.
  4. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until well blended. Stir in the chocolate then scrape the batter into your prepared loaf tin and bake until golden brown and a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean, 50 - 55 minutes.
  5. While the cake bakes, prepare the glaze. Combine the remaining grapefruit juice, zest and icing sugar in a bowl, stirring until smooth and well mixed.
  6. Let the cake cool in the tin for 5 minutes before cooling on a wire rack. Once cooled to room temperature, drizzle over half the glaze, reserving the rest for serving. Serve in slices with creme fraiche, if desired.
  7. The cake will keep in an airtight container for 2 - 3 days.
Notes
Recipe taken from Date Night In by Ashley Rodriguez.
Recipe by thelittleloaf at http://www.thelittleloaf.com/2016/09/26/grapefruit-olive-oil-cake-bittersweet-chocolate/