Olive Oil Banana Cake March 18, 2013 11:43

This recipe is my favourite - absolute simplicity, with minimum time, effort and dishes! 

• 3 mashed very ripe bananas
• 3/4 cup raw sugar
• 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil (medium or delicate strength)
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1&1/2 cup self raising flour
• 1/2 tspn cinnamon
• 1/2 cup walnuts, roughly chopped

1. Preheat oven to 180C.  Grease a loaf tin with olive oil. 
2. Place all ingredients except walnuts into a large bowl and mix together until well combined.
3. Spoon into the tin and top with walnuts.  Bake 40-45 mins, until golden brown and pulls away from the sides of the tin.
4. Cool for 5 minutes in the tin, then turn out and finish onto a cooling rack.

Olive Oil Brownies March 18, 2013 11:28

• 125g bittersweet chocolate (at least 70% cacao) chopped or broken up
• 1/3 cup exta virgin olive oil
• 2 large eggs at room temperature
• 3/4  cup white sugar
• 1 tspn vanilla extract
• 1/4 tspn sea salt
• 1/2 cup plain flour (or rice flour for gluten free brownies)
• 2/3 cup roasted almonds, coarsely chopped

1. Preheat oven to 180C.  Line a 20cm square baking pan with foil and lightly grease with olive oil.
2. Melt chocolate in a bowl set over a pan of simmering water.  Whisk in the olive oil until combined and set aside to cool slightly.
3. Beat the eggs and sugar with an electric mixer at a thigh speed for 5 minutes, until thick and foamy.  Beat in the vanilla and salt, then stir in the nuts.  Pour into the prepared pan.
4. Bake for 20-25 minutes, depending on how fudgey you like them,  They should have a shiny, dry, slightly cracked layer on top but still be moist underneath.  Let cool completely and chill for several hours (or overnight) before cutting into squares.

Gluten free- replace the wheat flour with rice flour.