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<pre>John

Thanks for your enthusiastic response.

The recipe for the olive oil cake competition, as printed in the Show book
is -

7 eggs (separated), 1 cup superfine castor sugar, 425 ml extra virgin olive
oil, 1 cup self raising flour (sifted), one and a quarter cups drinking
chocolate (not cocoa) (sifted), 125 ml warm water. ( quarter cup sugar when
beating egg whites). Preheat oven to 180C. Beat egg yolks with castor sugar
until fluffy. If the mixture tends to be thick add 1 tsp warm water - this
will help the mixture to turn fluffy again. With the beater on medium speed
add extra virgin olive oil, bit by bit, like making mayonnaise. Add dry
ingredients to the mixture on low speed and beat until all combined. Add the
water. Whip the egg whites until thick, add the sugar and beat until it
dissolves. Pour the chocolate mixture into a large bowl and gently but
swiftly fold in the egg whites. When all combined pour into a greased 23 cm
cake tin and bake for 1 hour until cooked.

I claim no expertise in cake cooking and I am keen to see how this
competition goes. My wife tells me that the recipe is a bit difficult so it
should be a good one for a competition. There are a surprising number of
olive oil cake recipes around when you start looking for them. Maybe someone
else will be able to add some more for us to try as well.

Happy cooking

Kent Hallett
South Australia


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