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The baked clementine yogurt olive oil cake resting on a wire rack placed over the white marble cooktop, cooling and ready to be sliced and served.

Clementine Yogurt Olive Oil Cake Recipe

This moist, flavorful clementine yogurt olive oil cake combines citrusy zest, Greek yogurt, and olive oil for a light yet rich dessert. Serve with vanilla yogurt or fruit for a perfect treat.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Course Beverage
Cuisine American
Servings 12
Calories 235 kcal

Equipment

  • 8.5×4.5 loaf pan
  • Baking spray
  • Microplane grater
  • Whisk
  • Medium bowl
  • Rubber Spatula
  • Wire Rack

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 clementines or 1 orange
  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1/4 teaspoon orange extract
  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • Sanding sugar optional

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray an 8.5×4.5 loaf pan with baking spray.
  • In a bowl, add sugar and zest the clementines over it using a microplane. Rub the zest into the sugar with your fingers until the oil is released and fragrant.
    A mixing bowl on a white marble cooktop containing sugar and freshly zested clementine peel, with hands rubbing the zest into the sugar to release fragrant oils.
  • Peel the clementines, cut out the segments, and set aside on a paper towel.
    Peeled clementines with their bright orange segments neatly arranged on a paper towel, set on the white marble cooktop, prepared for the recipe.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
    A medium bowl on the white marble cooktop filled with flour, baking powder, and salt, as they are whisked together evenly.
  • Whisk the yogurt into the sugar mixture.
    A mixing bowl on the white marble cooktop showing yogurt being whisked into the sugar and zested clementine mixture, creating a creamy base.
  • Add eggs one at a time, beating vigorously until smooth. Stir in vanilla and orange extract.
    Eggs being cracked and added one at a time into the sugar-yogurt mixture in a mixing bowl on the white marble cooktop, with a whisk nearby.
  • Add the dry ingredients and whisk until just combined.
    The dry ingredients being added to the wet sugar-yogurt mixture in a mixing bowl on the white marble cooktop, ready to be gently whisked.
  • Use a spatula to stir in the olive oil and clementine segments.
    A spatula folding olive oil and clementine segments into the smooth cake batter in a mixing bowl on the white marble cooktop.
  • Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and sprinkle with sanding sugar if desired.
    Cake batter being poured into a prepared loaf pan on the white marble cooktop, with a light sprinkle of sanding sugar on top for added texture.
  • Bake for 50–60 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
    A loaf pan in the oven on the white marble cooktop, with the clementine yogurt olive oil cake developing a golden, crusty top as it bakes.
  • Cool for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
    The baked clementine yogurt olive oil cake resting on a wire rack placed over the white marble cooktop, cooling and ready to be sliced and served.