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Ingredients
- 3/4 * 3/4 cup extra virgin olive oil , more for brushing
- * Zest and juice of 1 lemon
- * Zest of 1 orange
- 1 * 1 cup cake flour
- 5 * 5 eggs, separated
- 3/4 * 3/4 cup sugar, more for sprinkling
- 1/2 * 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 9 * 9 ounces seedless red grapes, more to taste (optional)
Preparation
Step 1
Directions
1. Heat oven to 350°F/180°C. Rub a 9-inch/23-cm spring-form pan with olive oil and line the bottom with a parchment paper.
2. Beat the egg yolks and sugar until thick, pale and ribbony. Mix in the olive oil, lemon juice and zest, and the orange zest. Add the flour and stir to combine. Beat the egg whites with the salt to soft peaks and gently fold into the batter. Fold in half the grapes. Pour into prepared pan and bake for 20 minutes. Sprinkle the remaining grapes onto the top of the cake and continue to bake for 25 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the centre of the cake. Cool on a rack, then unmould. Brush the top generously extra virgin olive oil and scatter over coarse sugar.