Mandarin Vanilla Bean Olive Oil Cake
Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: serves 12
 
Ingredients
  • FOR THE CAKE:
  • 2¼ cups All-purpose Flour
  • 1½ cups Sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • ½ teaspoon Baking Soda
  • ½ teaspoon Baking Powder
  • 3 large Eggs
  • Seeds scraped from 1 Vanilla Bean
  • 1 cup Olive Oil(use one that's high quality, but mild tasting)
  • 1¼ cups Whole Milk
  • zest of 2 Mandarin Oranges
  • ¼ cup Mandarin Orange Juice(can use regular oranges as well)
  • ¼ cup Grand Marnier (can also use brandy or orange juice)
  • FOR THE ICING:
  • 1½ cups Confectioners Sugar
  • Zest of 1 Mandarin Orange
  • 2 tablespoons Mandarin Orange Juice
  • Water, as needed
Instructions
  1. FOR THE CAKE:
  2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  3. Grease and flour a 9-10 cup bundt pan and set aside.
  4. Place the flour, sugar, salt, baking soda, and baking powder in a large mixing bowl. Whisk together and set aside.
  5. In another bowl, add the eggs, vanilla bean seeds, olive oil, milk, mandarin zest, mandarin juice, and grand marnier. Whisk together until well combined and smooth.
  6. Add the mixture to the bowl of dry ingredients and whisk until just combined.
  7. Pour the batter into the prepared bundt pan.
  8. Bake in preheated oven for 50-60 minutes, or until a tester inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
  9. Let cake cool completely, then invert onto a serving dish.
  10. FOR THE ICING:
  11. Place the confectioners sugar and mandarin zest in a small mixing bowl. Add the mandarin juice and whisk in until smooth - add water as needed to get icing to a thick but pourable consistency.
  12. Pour the icing over the top of the cooled cake, letting it drip down the sides.
  13. Cake will keep covered, at room temperature for about 5 days.
Recipe by The Kitchen McCabe at https://www.thekitchenmccabe.com/2020/01/19/mandarin-vanilla-bean-olive-oil-cake/