Cake of Nothing

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 4 eggs, room temperature
• 270 g sugar, possibly less
• 180 g butter, melted
• 100 ml olive oil, best
• 150 ml milk
• 1 vanilla pod(s), pulp
• 400 g wheat flour
• ½ tsp baking powder
• 1 pinch of sea salt
• 2 orange(s), untreated, zest
• 2 lemon(s), untreated, zest
• 600 g blueberries or small strawberry grapes
• Butter for the mold

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 55 minutes; Total time approx. 1 hour 15 minutes

Blueberry cake. The recipe comes from Jamie Oliver’s “Ingeniously Italian.”

Preheat the oven to 170°C. Grease a 25 x 25 cm baking pan with butter and line the bottom with baking paper. Beat the eggs and sugar until thick and creamy. Thoroughly mix in the butter, olive oil, milk, and vanilla essence. Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt into a bowl, add the citrus zest, and mix everything thoroughly with a wooden spoon. Let the batter rest for 10 minutes to allow the flour to swell slightly. Then fold about half of the berries into the batter, pour the batter into the pan, and smooth it out. Bake the cake on the middle rack for about 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and sprinkle with the remaining berries, then gently press them into the batter. Return to the oven for about 30-40 minutes, until firm to the touch and a rich golden brown on top. Let cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Loosen from the edge with a knife and remove in portions.