Food Of Love....

Food Of Love....

Makes 8 servings:

Ingredients:

• 275g/10oz caster sugar
• 3 medium eggs
• Zest and juice of 1 1/2 unwaxed lemons
• 120mls/4floz extra virgin olive oil
• 100ml/3 ½ floz milk 2
• 75g/10oz plain flour,
• sifted 1 level tbsp baking powder,
• sifted 1 pack fondant icing Red food colouring
•  Icing sugar for sifting 
• over Fresh raspberries

Method:

1. Heat the oven to 180C/350F Gas 5.
2. Whisk sugar and eggs together until fluffy and pale.
3. Add lemon zest and juice.
4. Stir in olive oil and milk.
5. Fold in the flour and baking powder.
6. Line the base of a deep, loose bottomed 24cm/10in with parchment paper.
7. Carefully pour mix into the pan and smooth over top.
8. Bake for around 45 minutes or until top is firm and a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.
9. Leave to cool in the tin, then turn out onto a wire rack.
10. For the decoration, roll out fondant icing thinly.
11.  Cut out hearts in various sizes.
12. Using a small, clean paintbrush or pastry brush, paint hearts with red colouring.

Reserve:

• Dust top of cake with icing sugar, then arrange red hearts on the top.
• Serve with fresh raspberries, or for extra luxury, scoops of clotted cream.

Recipe and photo credits- the Interprofessional Olive Oil from Spain.