QUICK*****Laura Calder's Bacon and Olive Aperitif Cake - 5 points

By Unblond1

This was great for both, lovely chewy-type texture with a crisp buttery top and great flavour. Makes a great accompaniment to soup.

Easy to make, as long as you remember to use the stand mixer.

Ingredients

• 16 servings
• 1-1/2 cups flour
• 1-1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon coarsely ground pepper
• 3 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1/2 cup plus 1 Tbsp butter, melted
• 2/3 cup olives, pitted and sliced (I used 6 garlic-stuffed green olives from Costco, with the garlic, and the remainder small French pitted black olives, halved)
• 4 ounces bacon, about 4 slices, cut into lardoons and fried
• 1 cup Grated Gruyere cheese or grated Parmesan - I've used Compte, yummy and a stout-infused cheddar, also yummy
• Pinch of Malden salt, to taste
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary or 1 tsp. dried herbes d'Provence

Details

Servings 16
Adapted from foodnetwork.ca

Preparation

Step 1

* *Heat* the oven to 350ºF/180ºC. *Butter* and flour a loaf pan.

* *Sift* the flour and baking powder into the mixing bowl, of the stand mixer and *stir* the pepper through, using the paddle attachment at the lowest speed. *Beat* the eggs into the flour. *Beat* in the melted butter. *Stir* through the remaining ingredients to distribute evenly. *It's* a very thick dough, but don't be tempted to add any liquid, you'll ruin the texture. The stand mixer can handle it.

* *Spoon* the batter into the pan, *pressing* down to level and *bake* 45 minutes in regular oven or 30 minutes in the Breville oven, until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean. *Cool* slightly. *Remove* from pan. *Slice* and serve.

*NUTRITION:*

* Calories - 173
* Fat - 11.4
* Sat Fat - 5.9
* Carbs - 11.4
* Fibre - .5
* Protein - 6.4