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Orange Cardamom Olive Oil Cake Trifles

Orange Cardamom Olive Oil Cake Trifles
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We are in the kitchen with Hetal Vasavada, @milkandcardamom, baker and cookbook author, and we couldn’t be more excited to share Hetal's recipe for Orange Cardamom Olive Oil Cake Trifles made with Brightland olive oil.

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For the Orange Cardamom Olive Oil Cake
[close type="rte"] [open type="ingredients"] [ingredient product="false" text="¾ cup plus 2 tbsp (105 g) all-purpose flour"] [ingredient product="false" text="½ tsp freshly ground cardamom"] [ingredient product="false" text="¼ tsp baking powder"] [ingredient product="false" text="¼ tsp salt"] [ingredient product="false" text="½ cup (105 g) granulated sugar"] [ingredient product="false" text="2 tsp orange zest"] [ingredient product="false" text="1 egg and 1 egg yolk"] [ingredient product="false" text="⅓ cup milk"] [ingredient product="false" text="1 tsp vanilla extract"] [ingredient product="true" handle="alive" title="Brightland ALIVE olive oil" text="⅓ cup of PRODUCT"] [close type="ingredients"] [open type="rte"]
For the Whipped Cream
[close type="rte"] [open type="ingredients"] [ingredient product="false" text="3 cups heavy whipping cream"] [ingredient product="false" text="¾ cups powdered sugar"] [ingredient product="false" text="1 tbsp vanilla paste or extract"] [ingredient product="false" text="Fresh fruit (orange slices, berries, etc)"] [ingredient product="false" text="¼ cup chopped pistachios (optional)"] [ingredient product="false" text="Edible flowers (optional)"] [close type="ingredients"] [open type="instructions"] [instruction step="1" text="Preheat oven to 325°F. Spray a mini cupcake pan with cooking spray and set aside."] [instruction step="2" text="Into a small bowl, whisk all-purpose flour, cardamom, baking powder, and salt together until well combined."] [instruction step="3" text="In a separate bowl, add the sugar and orange zest. Use your fingers to rub the zest into the sugar until it’s pale orange and clumps together. This helps the cakes have a stronger orange flavor! Add egg and egg yolk and whisk for 5 minutes , or until pale and fluffy. Slowly drizzle in the olive oil while whisking. Alternatively, add the flour and milk in three additions, gently mixing in between each addition. Once all the flour and milk has been incorporated, pour the batter into the mini cupcake pan. Bake for 13-15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing and cooling completely on a rack."] [instruction step="4" text="While the cake cools, make the whipped cream. Add heavy whipping cream, powdered sugar and vanilla into a mixing bowl and whisk for 4-5 minutes until it reach soft peaks."] [instruction step="5" text="To assemble the trifles, spoon 2-3 tablespoons of whipped cream into the bottom of your containers. Layer on torn pieces of cake, fruit, whipped cream, more pieces of cake, whipped cream, and finally some fruit on top. Sprinkle on chopped pistachios and edible flowers and serve."] [close type="instructions"] [open type="images" count="1"]  [close type="images"]

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