Like all my best baking- this was made in a hurry and without a recipe. I wanted to whip a muffins for my 12yr old to take to school but decided to bake the mix in a loaf pan instead. The resulting cake was dense, very moist and orangey. Normally I would use plain flour and baking powder, but I didn’t have any and I found SR flour worked just as well. When I tasted the batter, I was worried it would be quite bitter- so I decided to make an orange syrup to pour over when it was done. (Turns out it wasn’t bitter).  I used ‘Lemon pressed’ olive because it’s my current obsession but you could just used regular olive oil.

I write this recipe from memory, so I hope I’ve got the quantities right. If it looks too thick, just add more yoghurt or a splash of milk.

Orange, Coconut & Olive Oil Cake

• Juice of 1 orange
• Rind of 1 orange
• 1 cup  sugar
• 1/2 cup plain yogurt
• 2 large eggs
• 2tbsp olive oil
• 1 1/2 cups-flour
• 1tbsp flake coconut

Orange syrup

• Juice of an orange
• 1/2 cup caster sugar

Grate one of the oranges with a microplane into a bowl. Add all the other ingredients and mix. Pour into a non-stick loaf pan and bake for around 50-60 minutes. (Don’t use the fan on fan forced).  Mix sugar and juice over a low heat until it’s dissolved. Poke a few little holes in the cake with a fine skewer and pour the syrup over. Sprinkle with more flaked coconut.