Margarita Bundt Cake

Monday, 08 February 2010 21:46

Margarita Olive Oil Bundt Cake

I used to have a job at a wine shop/liquor store in college. The owner was known, when offered grapes to say "I don't take my wine in pill form." He was a character who delighted in chomping on old cigars, I swear, just to irritate his wife. They had a daily routine: Nick would stroll casually up and down the aisles chomping and puffing. He'd take just as long as it took for Pearl to notice. Out would come the Glade, Pearl would be exasperated (as if she'd never seen him do this and had no way to expect it).There goes Pearl, spraying furiously, armed with air freshener flailing, trying to eliminate the odor chasing Nick to the back. "You're stinking up the store!" Nick would crack the smallest of grins. Just like the day before, she took the bait.

This cake might be seen as a "Margarita in cake form." Wonder how Nick would like it.

I had some Pasolivo Lime Oil that I’ve enjoyed different ways, try it in guacamole or drizzled on fish en papillote. I also had some Tequila bought for Superbowl Sunday (yes, I left some in the bottle) which reminded me that lime and tequila might be a nice combination in this cake. I give you:

Margarita Olive Oil Bundt Cake

(adopted Food & Wine Magazine) The original recipe used Pasolivo's Citrus olive oil.

5 large eggs, at room temperature
1 1/4 cups sugar (combination of raw sugar and about 1-2 TBSP lemon-lime simple syrup)
1 tablespoon finely grated orange zest
1 cup Pasolivo Citrus olive oil (subbed 1/4 C Pasolivo lime olive oil, 1/4 bergamot olive oil; 1/2 C first cold-pressed organic olive oil)
2 cups cake flour (out of cake flour, oops. I used substitution of 2 cups All Purpose flour. Replace 6 TBSP flour with 6 TBSP cornstarch)
1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon fine sea salt

Preheat the oven to 325° and butter and flour a 10-cup bundt pan. In a bowl, using a handheld electric mixer, beat the eggs with the sugar and orange zest at medium-high speed until smooth.
(If you sub AP flour/cornstarch for cake flour, separate the eggs and beat the whites to lighten the batter. Keep the frothy egg whites separate and incorporate after the olive oil has been incorporated.)
Gradually beat in the olive oil until creamy, about 2 minutes. In a small bowl, whisk the cake flour with the baking powder and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the egg mixture in 3 batches, beating on medium speed between additions. ??Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and bake in the center of the oven for about 1 hour, until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.

Let cool in the pan for 15 minutes, then invert onto a rack.

Let the cake cool completely before cutting into slices and serving.?? The olive oil cake can be kept in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 4 days.

Tequila Simple Syrup
Mixed simple syrup, Herradura Tequila, agave syrup. Warmed to combine.
As cake is cooling in pan, poke all over with a skewer and drizzle Tequila syrup. Then when you flip cake onto cake plate, poke again on the top and drizzle remaining Tequila syrup.

Dust with confectioners sugar.