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This Olive Oil Honey Cake was my first idea for a recipe using the peach marmalade jelly I made on behalf of Ball Jars. However, the first recipe I posted was my Ricotta Cupcakes with Marmalade Jelly. As I wrote about in that post, canning is so cool. The beauty is you make multiple jars full and freeze them for future use. I have leftovers to use for new ideas. Right now I have pickles in my fridge as my next attempt at canning. That will come in a post much later.
Ricotta Cupcake with Marmalade Jelly
Olive Oil Honey Cake
The idea for this cake came once again from my Michael Solomonov cookbook from his Zahav Restaurant. Last Friday, I posted a Green Bean Salad with Tahini dressing from his cookbook. You will see a whole bunch of recipes from his cookbook coming up. I am so into his recipes. A honey cake is a very traditional cake served on Jewish holidays. I have never before made one of these but it is so good, so moist. It paired so well with the peach marmalade jelly. The cake is sweet but not too sweet. The jelly added the perfect amount of sweetness. I actually kept digging my spoon into the jelly jar and topping my olive oil honey cake with more and more jelly.
I changed up the traditional orange marmalade and added peaches. I am not sure I could fully tell the influence of the peaches in this jelly, even though, I used more peaches than oranges. Nevertheless, I so enjoyed making the jelly my mind has been running with other jelly ideas. I have always thought pepper jellies were so cool. Now, I realize that they won’t be too hard to make. As I write this, I realize that this has to be next on my to do list.
The peaches and oranges with the Ball Jar canning recipe book.
Peach and Orange Ingredients
The orange peel, and then, cutting off the orange skin.
Orange Peel
Peeling Orange
All the fruit in the pot, sugar added and the roiling boil.
All in Pot
Sugar Added
Begin Boil
The end of cooking and the jelly put in the jars.
End of Cooking
In Jars Boiling
The cake ingredients and all mixed together.
Cake Ingredients
All Mixed
The cake in the loaf pans, just out of the oven, and then, on the cooling racks.
In Loaf Pans
Olive Oil Honey Cake On Rack
The Olive Oil Honey Cake with Marmalade Jelly.
Olive Oil Honey Cake Plated
Love the idea of adding peaches to marmalade! Looks delicious! I really like the Olive Oil Honey Cake too.
Thx. It added a really good sweetness.
Peter, I love the idea of olive oil & honey in the cake. The peach marmalade w/orange shoves it way over the top! Fantastic recipe!
Thx Dan. I really like the cake and marmalade on their own and I have 2 more jars in the freezer.
Olive oil and honey are such a great combo, I bet this cake is very tasty! 😀
It really was a great combo. 1st time I tried it but will definitely do it again.
I have never used olive oil in cakes so far but it is definitely on my ‘to try’ list. It looks so delicious with that homemade jelly.
Thx so much. I like both the cake and the jelly on there own. Still have some jelly saved for later.
This loaf looks so good
THx so much Janette.
This looks so moist! I’ve never tasted an olive oil cake. This is on the list of cakes to try!
You need to give it a try Debra!
It looks great and so full of flavor!
It truly is Florian.
I can take or leave marmalade but the addition of peaches is inspired. This cake looks really nice – it’s great to strip back all the frosting and goo and have a plain cake suitable to have of an afternoon with a coffee or tea every now and again 🙂
Jo, this cake is not too sweet but just sweet enough.
What a lovely sounding recipe, really well written too… I don’t do ‘sweet food’ or indeed baking very often so the step by step is really useful for me!
Thx Brian. I did not used to do sweets but now I love creating desserts.
I would definitely love to try out this recipe. Looks yum.
Thx so much Pooja.
I think I would LOVE this olive oil cake! Sweet but not too sweet, super moist and oh so delicious! I love all the tips on making your own Peach and Orange marmalade – so yummy! Can’t wait to give this a try!
Holly, you said it just right. Sweet but not too sweet.
I love how moist olive oil can make a cake or quick bread. yummy
The olive oil really makes for a moist cake.
I love using olive oil in cakes. I make apple cake with it, and it does wonders for the flavor. This recipe sounds great with the homemade jelly!
Andrea, I need to look up your apple cake recipe.
Dear Peter, I love olive oil cakes and the touch of honey sounds wonderful. I would love a slice of this I just know it.
I am surprised so many people have made olive oil cakes.
Lovely. We can tomato sauce and have done pickles too.
I love to make cakes with olive oil!! Usually, cakes made with olive oil are more moist than the “regular” cakes. Your cake looks delicious!
I will need to be trying different recipes with olive oil with all the positive insight people have been sharing.
I’ve been so curious to try baking with olive oil, this cake sounds luscous
It makes the cake so moist.
I am totally afraid to can. I know it is silly. You are really pushing me in the direction of trying it.
I used to feel that way too.