substituting olive oil for butter in baking Archives

Crafting a Holiday Menu and Seasonal Tabletop

11.21.16

The holidays are an incredibly special time of year, and they always motivate us to put a bit more care into preparing delicious and comforting foods to treat our family, friends, and loved ones. One of our favorite ways to acknowledge the season of giving and togetherness is to host get-togethers; what better opportunity than […]

A Dish We’ll Make Again: Blood Orange Cardamom Olive Oil Cake

03.25.14

The other day we procured blood oranges at our local grocery. Our plan: make a blood orange cardamom olive oil cake. We’d been eyeing the recipe for some time, waiting for blood oranges to be available. So we pounced at the chance – and were thrilled with the results. (Click here to get the recipe.) […]

An Olive Oil Lemon Poppyseed Cake That Doesn’t Use Three Sticks of Butter

02.05.13

Food blogger Jessie Oleson Moore created the loaf cake featured here by substituting lemon for blood oranges. She likes poppyseeds, too, so added them. “DEAR GOD was this thing good,” she exclaims on her wonderful blog, CakeSpy.com. The cake is finished with a lemon almond glaze. (Click here to see the recipe.) Poppyseed Cake […]

How to Bake Cakes & More w/ Extra Virgin Olive Oil … Instead of Butter

01.11.13

We bake with good extra virgin olive oil because it adds a wonderful, nuanced flavor to cakes, tortes, brownies, and bread. Moreover, baking with olive oil – instead of butter – is a good way to cut saturated fat. Plus, olive oil is loaded with monounsaturated fat, which promotes “good cholesterol.” So what’s not to […]

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Crafting a Holiday Menu and Seasonal Tabletop

A Dish We’ll Make Again: Blood Orange Cardamom Olive Oil Cake

An Olive Oil Lemon Poppyseed Cake That Doesn’t Use Three Sticks of Butter

How to Bake Cakes & More w/ Extra Virgin Olive Oil … Instead of Butter

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