Sometimes things just need to happen quickly. Whenever you need a cake on the table in record time, a simple Olive Oil Cake with Red Grapes like this one here is the perfect cake to bake. It requires very little effort to make, yet the result is incredibly delicious. It’s ideal for days when guests drop by unexpectedly and you don’t want to be caught without a cake…
If there are any fruits that people regularly have lying around at home, it’s apples, bananas, and grapes. Right? You can bake a tasty apple cake with apples or banana bread using overripe bananas, but what about grapes? They probably wouldn’t occur to most people as an ingredient for cakes… yet you can really create something delicious with them!
I seriously underestimated this cake the first time I made it. It looked nice-ish. Rustic, with the sunken grapes, but not particularly spectacular. I was so wrong… The cake might look a bit simple, but the flavor is absolutely spectacular! If you enjoy snacking on grapes, and I mean the solid kind, not the liquid ones that come in bottles, you should definitely give this cake a try. It’s truly delicious! Something I liked even more – it was even better the next day.
You might want to try arranging the grapes in a prettier pattern than I did here. I just tossed them onto the batter somewhat haphazardly. I bet you could come up with something a bit better looking…
This delicious olive oil cake is just one example of what you can bake using grapes. For instance, we also have a recipe for a delicious Grape Pie on the blog. The perfect bake if you happen to have a few too many grapes lying around at home and have grown tired of simply snacking on them or tossing them into your muesli. Alternatively, I could recommend our Waldorf Salad – as you probably know, grapes play a significant role in that dish, too.
INGREDIENTS / ZUTATEN
1 cup (240g) Greek yogurt
1/2 cup (120ml) olive oil
2 tbsp. honey (from local sources)
3 medium eggs
1 organic lemon, zest & juice
1/2 cup (100g) sugar (fine)*
1 1/4 cups (160g) all-purpose flour*
3/4 cup (70g) ground almonds*
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
9-11 oz. (250-300g) seedless red grapes
240g griechischer Joghurt
120ml Olivenöl
2 EL Honig (von lokalen Quellen)
3 Eier (M)
1 Bio-Zitrone, Abrieb & Saft
100g Zucker (fein)*
160g Mehl (Type 405)*
70g Mandeln*, gemahlen
2 TL Backpulver
1/4 TL Salz
250-300g kernlose rote Trauben
DIRECTIONS / ZUBEREITUNG
1. Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F). Grease a 26cm tart tin with a loose bottom* and set aside. Wash the grapes, remove green parts and dry them.
2. In a mixing bowl combine the yogurt, olive oil, honey, eggs, lemon zest and lemon juice. In a second bowl mix sugar, flour, ground almonds, baking powder and salt until well combined. Add the dry ingredients to the mixing bowl and mix until just combined – do not overmix!
3. Transfer the cake batter to the tart tin and distribute the grapes on top. Bake the cake in the preheated oven for about 24-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Let it cool down on a wire rack, dust it with confectioners’ sugar if you like and serve it with some whipped cream.
1. Den Ofen auf 180°C (350°F) Ober-/Unterhitze vorheizen. Eine 26cm Tarteform mit Hebeboden* einfetten und zur Seite stellen. Die Trauben waschen, von den Stilen zupfen und abtrocknen.
2. Den Joghurt mit dem Olivenöl, Honig, Eiern, Zitronenschalenabrieb und Saft in einer Schüssel verrühren. In einer zweiten Schüssel den Zucker mit Mehl, gemahlenen Mandeln, Backpulver und Salz verrühren und dann zu den restlichen Zutaten in die andere Schüssel geben. Alles nur kurz verrühren, sonst wird der Kuchen am Ende zu kompakt.
3. Teig in die vorbereitete Form füllen und die Trauben darauf verteilen. Den Kuchen im vorgeheizten Ofen für etwa 24-30 Minuten backen – mit einem Zahnstocher testen, ob noch Teig kleben bleibt, und erst herausnehmen, wenn der Zahnstocher sauber herauskommt. Den Kuchen auf einem Kuchengitter abkühlen lassen und dann je nach Belieben mit Puderzucker bestäuben und mit etwas Schlagsahne servieren.
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Olive Oil Cake with Red Grapes
- Prep Time: 00:15
- Cook Time: 00:30
- Total Time: 00:45
- Yield: 1 1x
- Category: Cakes
- Method: -
- Cuisine: International
- Diet: Vegetarian
Description
This is an easy cake to make. Basically a »no-brainer«, but a delicious one! If you like grapes, you will love this cake! It’s really good!
Ingredients
1 cup (240g) Greek yogurt
1/2 cup (120ml) olive oil
2 tbsp. honey (from local sources)
3 medium eggs
1 organic lemon, zest & juice
1/2 cup (100g) sugar (fine)*
1 1/4 cups (160g) all-purpose flour*
3/4 cup (70g) ground almonds*
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
9-11 oz. (250-300g) seedless red grapes
Instructions
1. Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F). Grease a 26cm tart tin with a loose bottom* and set aside. Wash the grapes, remove green parts and dry them.
2. In a mixing bowl combine the yogurt, olive oil, honey, eggs, lemon zest and lemon juice. In a second bowl mix sugar, flour, ground almonds, baking powder and salt until well combined. Add the dry ingredients to the mixing bowl and mix until just combined – do not overmix!
3. Transfer the cake batter to the tart tin and distribute the grapes on top. Bake the cake in the preheated oven for about 24-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Let it cool down on a wire rack, dust it with confectioners‘ sugar if you like and serve it with some whipped cream.
Notes
Enjoy baking!
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Hi I’m excited to try this for a book club I having coming up. Do you have any idea how to make this gluten free? Also, if you don’t mind sharing, what brand of olive oil did you use? I don’t want to use one that is too olivey or overpowering.
Hi Molly,
unfortunately, I do not have much experience with gluten-free baking. All I know – if you use gluten-free flour, you have to adapt the amount of liquid in the cake, but no clue how much for this one here… about the oil – I used organic native olive oil with a relatively mild flavor – it’s the house brand of the organic supermarket in my neighborhood… no real brand you can get in other stores I guess ;) Just use a mild one you like and it should be fine.
Cheers,
Marc
Hi! Looks so good. Can non fat Greek yogurt be used?
Hi.
I would not recommend it.
Cheers
Marc