Caramelized olive oil sponge cake

We will show you how to make this easy caramelized olive oil sponge cake with white chocolate. Delicious and different, it will surprise you. We have to thank the restaurant El Gallinero de Sandra for the recipe. This is one of the desserts you can find in their menu.

To make this dessert we will first make the oil sponge cake and then the ganache:

CARAMELIZED OLIVE OIL SPONGE CAKE from CENTENARY OLIVE TREES

Ingredients of the sponge cake

250 grs wheat flour
250 grs of sugar
5 eggs
200 ml Extra virgin olive oil ÁGURA
50 grs of butter ointment

Making the oil sponge cake

Beat the eggs, the sugar and the butter in a mixer until tripling their volume.

Then we add the olive oil from centenary olive trees in the form of a fine drizzle and continue beating for a couple of minutes approximately.

Then we add the flour with the help of a wooden spatula.

Finally, add all the dough inside the mold and bake at 180 degrees for half an hour, let cool and set aside.

WHITE CHOCOLATE GANACHE

Ingredients

200 grams of 33 % fat cream
300 grs of white chocolate
100 ml of extra virgin olive oil ÁGURA

Making White Chocolate Ganache with Oil

We boil the cream and add the white chocolate, we mix it well with the help of a spatula, then we add the extra virgin olive oil from Centenary Trees without stopping stirring.

Let it cool in the fridge for about 12 hours.

DESSERT ASSEMBLY

We cut the sponge cake in a square or rectangular portion, with the help of an electric blade we caramelize its exterior walls.

We then assemble the plate using a base of olive oil, the sponge cake and a white chocolate ganache quenelle.

Olive oil ideal for desserts

For this recipe we have used our olive oil from centenary olive trees, since it is a very fresh oil, its smoothness and herbaceous aromas together with fruit notes make it an ideal oil to use in desserts.

We hope you liked this recipe and we would love to hear what you think. Did you think that a normal recipe could be turned into a gourmet dish just by taking care of the presentation? Have you ever used olive oil for a dessert?