Cake Aux Olives Vertes - Green Olive Cake
This is an easy quick bread blending savoury ingredients. It can be served as an appetizer or a light lunch with a green salad. The ingredients can be changed to suit the season and/or your tastes.
Ingredients
- 1¼ Cup All Purpose Flour
- 2 tsp Baking Powder and Soda in France use 1 Package of Levure
- 3/4 Cup green olives pitted
- 3/4 Cup Smoked Duck Breast sliced
- 3/4 Cup Gruyère shredded
- 3 Large eggs
- 1/4 Cup Muscat, or sherry
- 1/2 Cup olive oil
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350F (180C)
- Butter and lightly flour a loaf pan
- In a bowl mix together the flour, baking powder and baking soda
- Add the eggs and mix until well blended and no flour remains
- Add the muscat and olive oil, mix well
- Add the olives, smoked duck and cheese, mix until well blended. The batter will be relatively thick.
- Pour the batter into the loaf pan and bake for 45 minutes, until brown on top and a tester knife comes out clean
- Remove the bread from the pan and cool on a rack or on one side of the loaf
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