Gluten-Free Orange Olive Oil Cake – Moist, Zesty & Easy to Make

Almond flour is used to make this Gluten-free Orange olive oil cake extremely tender and moist cake.

It has more delicious bright orange flavor from zest of an orange.

The best is that this cake is perfect for anyone who wants Gluten-free or low carb diet.

Why This Gluten-Free Olive Oil Cake Is The Best One!

The best part is that you will see this cake has only 12 grams of carbs.

You can enjoy every slice of orange olive oil cake for breakfast with brunch or morning coffee.

This is really perfect for any time of day.

This simple cake is light with enough sweetness.

This is perfect to make any time of year whether in spring or just for a sweet treat.

Key Ingredients 

• Almond flour: this flour is made from ground almonds. Fine almond flour is perfect to use in baked goods than almond meal which has courser texture.
• Olive oil: Olive oil is the main key ingredient for this recipe, it’s important to choose the best olive oil. You don’t have to go for more expensive bottle but definitely not choose the cheap one. Make sure that the bottle should label with extra virgin olive oil because it’s less processed and have distinct olive flavor.
• Eggs: Eggs are one of the key Ingredients in baked goods which are made with almond flour. Eggs will help to bind ingredients and also acts as a leavening agent.
• Orange zest: Use microplane to zest top layer of orange. This zest will give you the cake with amazing Citrus flavor. You can substitute lemon zest, if you prefer it 

Instructions To Make Gluten-Free Olive Oil Cake 

Preheat your oven to 325 degrees. Almond flour tends to bake faster and brown more so this olive oil cake should bake at low temperature.

The baked goods which are made with almond flour tends to be a bit more fragile so remove from the pan to make this easier, cut parchment paper into long enough piece to use as handles to lift and remove the cake.

When parchment is fitted into bottom of the pan grease parchment and sides of loaf pan well with olive oil. You can also use springform pan which has removable sides.

Now, let’s start the cake making by mixing almond flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl.

Mix together olive oil and sugar In another bowl by using a hand mixer or wire whisk. Sugar will not dissolve completely in oil.

Add eggs, zest and orange juice to olive oil mixture and beat to incorporate eggs, this mixture will be very thick. 

Scrap wet ingredients in to flour mixture, later stir together with the help of wooden spoon.

This mixture should not be over mixed, just stir until no white streaks of flour remain.

Pour this batter into prepared pan, smooth cake batter with spoon. Bake this for 40-45 minutes and test with a toothpick or with cake tester to know doneness.

Use butter knife around corners of the cake to remove it from the pan, then carefully lift the cake with parchment as handles.

Allow cake to completely cool for room temperature before slicing it, this can help the cake hold together and prevent it from crumbling, while it is sliced.

Serving Suggestions 

You can serve this cake with no topping.

I love to decorate cooled cake with little sprinkle of powdered sugar on top of cake.

Simple glaze with citrus zest would also be delicious over the top.

Expert Tips 

• Oven temperature should be low
• Let the cake should cool completely before you slicing it 
• Do not add extra liquid if batter seems thick because almond flour contains more moisture than regular one.

 

Substitutions and Variations for Gluten-Free Orange Olive Oil Cake

Any citrus flavor will works for this Gluten-free olive oil cake. I use navel oranges but you can use blood orange or meyer lemons for bright lemon flavor.

Several different types of flours are there which are gluten-free but i cannot recommend using oat flour or coconut flour for this olive oil cake.

Almond flour has more moist and absorbs liquid differently than other gluten-free flours.

Even this is a dairy free cake but it needs eggs, egg helps to bind almond flour together and i cannot give guarantee that flax eggs would work as well to this olive oil cake.

If you want to prefer to use coconut sugar, you can substitute regular sugar in equal quantity with little difference in overall flavor.

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FAQ’s about Gluten-free Orange Olive Oil Cake

What Is Almond Flour Made of?

Almond flour is made with blanched almonds which have had the skins removed and ground to fine flour.

How Does Almond Flour Affect Cake?

Almond flour affect cake because of it has fat content which adds lot of moisture to the cake. This doesn’t dry like another cakes made with another flours, you can enjoy the cake for several days without worrying for dryness.

How Do You Make Almond Flour Cake Rise?

Because this almond flour doesn’t contains gluten this cake will not rise as much,using eggs and baking powder will work as binder and helps almond flour rise slightly.

Does Almond Flour Bake The Same as Another Flours?

When compared whole wheat flour with almond flour, almond flour has high fat content which makes the flour moist. So this doesn’t need to add oil or butter.

And also almond flour has gluten-free and helps to bind baked goods together during baking process so eggs are essential ingredient for this.

This cake is not suitable for a vegan.

 

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