Italian Grape Cake Recipe

 

It is harvest time here in SW France and  we have lots of lovely freshly picked grapes.

French Boyfriend is infact 50% French and 50% Italian as his father's family are Italian so this recipe is a perfect way  to celebrate his Italian origins and use our French grapes.

Italian Grape Cake

Ingredients

1 cup all purpose flour

1/2 cup almond flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

pinch of salt

2 large eggs

2/3 cups granulated sugar

1/2 cup olive oil

1/3 cup almond milk (or regular milk)

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1 teaspoon pure almond extract

orange zest (from 1 medium orange)

1 teaspoon thyme leaves (optional)

2 cups small seedless grapes  (divided (1 cup in cake batter and 1 cup to scatter over top))

1/2 cup sliced almonds

powdered sugar (for dusting over the cake)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Grease and flour a 9 inch springform pan.

In a medium sized bowl, sift together the all purpose flour, almond flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.

In the bowl of a stand mixer or hand held mixer, fitted with the whisk attachment, beat together the eggs and granulated sugar until thick and pale yellow in colour. About 3 minutes.

Mix in the olive oil, milk, vanilla and almond extracts, zest and thyme until well incorporated.

Switch to the paddle attachment and mix in the flour mixture until well combined.

Fold in 1 cup of the grapes with a rubber spatula.

Transfer the cake batter to the prepared pan and level off with the back of a spoon.

Scatter the remaining 1 cup of grapes evenly over the top of the cake.

Sprinkle the top of the cake with sliced almonds.

Bake the cake in a preheated oven for about 40 minutes.

When ready the cake will have a deep golden brown colour and springs back to the touch. Or, if a toothpick inserted inside comes out clean then it's ready.

Remove from the oven and transfer to a cooling rack.

Run a knife alongside the edges of the pan and allow to cool for 30 minutes.

Release the cake from the springform pan and cool completely before dusting with powdered sugar.

Garnish with sugared grapes or fresh thyme leaves if desired.

Bon vendredi a tous ♥

Leeann x