Citrus-Scented Wine Cake with Fresh Berries

By TrayH

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup extra virgin olive oil, plus more for brushing pan
• 1 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1/3 cup sweet dessert wine, such as Moscato, Marsala, or Muscat
• 1/3 cup fresh orange juice
• 1 tsp. grated orange zest
• 1 tsp. grated lemon zest
• 4 large eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 Tbs. confectioners’ sugar
• 2 pt. fresh berries

Details

Adapted from vegetariantimes.com

Preparation

Step 1

* Preheat oven to 350°F. Coat 9- x 3-inch springform pan lightly with oil. Line pan bottom with circle of parchment paper.

* Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in bowl.

* Whisk together oil, wine, orange juice, and orange and lemon zests in separate bowl.

* Beat eggs and sugar with electric mixer 4 minutes, or until pale yellow and tripled in volume.

* Add half of dry ingredients, and mix on low speed until blended.

* Add half of olive oil mixture, and mix to blend.

* Repeat with remaining dry ingredients and olive oil mixture.

* Pour batter into prepared pan, and set on baking sheet.

* Bake 50 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

* Cool 10 minutes, then remove sides of pan to cool completely.

* Dust with confectioners’ sugar, and serve with berries.