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An Olive Oil Lemon Poppyseed Cake That Doesn’t Use Three Sticks of Butter
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 … Continue reading
What to Do With a Ripe Pear? Make a Pear and Almond Cake w/ Olive Oil
Over the holidays we received a gift box of luscious Harry & David pears from our New York relatives, Tom and Lisa. They encouraged us to make a good dessert with them. So we did – and made the fabulous … Continue reading
How to Bake Cakes & More w/ Extra Virgin Olive Oil … Instead of Butter
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, … Continue reading
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A Savory Muffin with a Feta and Sage Kick
Matthew Kadey loves muffins. So much so that he’s devoted an entire food blog to the topic: Muffin Tin Mania. There, he provides flavorful and healthy recipes for sweet and savory muffins. The feta sage muffins featured here fall into … Continue reading
Baking a Better Holiday: a Primer On Baking w/ Olive Oil – Part 2
Like wine, different extra virgin olive oils deliver different flavor profiles, including when you use the oil in baking a cake or cookie. Olive oil can make other contributions to baked goods, too, such as helping ensure a dish is … Continue reading
Baking a Better Holiday: Chocolate Lovers & the Gluten-Free, Unite!
We can thank our food blogger friends this holiday season for delivering to us a bundle of terrific baking recipes ranging from cakes to breads. Here’s the second batch we received as part of our focus this month on baking … Continue reading
Baking a Better Holiday: Zuke Flatbread w/ Tomato + Rosemary Bread
We’ve been talking a lot about how we like to bake cakes, torts, and cookies made with extra virgin olive oil. But we’ve not yet talked much about how we like to bake savory dishes, too, like bread and flatbread. … Continue reading
Baking a Better Holiday: Chocolate-Dipped Biscotti and Hazelnut Shortbread
We recall vividly the wonderful aroma of Christmas cookies baking in the oven while growing up. Cookies are in many people’s ovens this time of year, including our own. And you don’t need butter to make a good cookie. Instead, … Continue reading
Baking a Better Holiday: a Primer On Baking w/ Olive Oil – and Skipping Butter
A topic we find gets lots of interest: how to use extra virgin olive oil in baking, including how to substitute it for butter in a recipe. Olive oil is lower in saturated fat than butter. Plus, it adds a … Continue reading
