St. Louis Olive Oil Butter Cake Recipe

St. Louis Olive Oil Butter Cake Recipe

Ingredients:

-3 tablespoons 1% low-fat milk, room temperature
-2 tablespoons warm water (100° to 110°)
-1 3/4 teaspoons dry yeast
-5 tablespoons Sonoma Farm Butter Infused Olive Oil
-3 tablespoons granulated sugar
-1 teaspoon salt
-1 large egg
-7.9 ounces all-purpose flour (about 1 3/4 cups)
-Baking spray with flour
-3 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon light corn syrup
-2 tablespoons water
-2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
-1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
-5 tablespoons Sonoma Farm Butter Infused Olive Oil
-1/2 teaspoon salt
-1 large egg
-5.2 ounces all-purpose flour (about 1 cup plus 3 tablespoons)
-1 tablespoon powdered sugar

Preparation:

1. Combine milk and 2 tablespoons warm water in a bowl, stirring with a whisk. Dissolve yeast in milk mixture. Let stand 5 minutes. Place butter olive oil and next 3 ingredients (through salt) in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended (about 1 minute). Add egg, beating well. Weigh or lightly spoon 7.9 ounces (about 1 3/4 cups) flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Add flour and milk mixture alternately to sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour. Beat 5 minutes or until dough is smooth and pulls away from sides of bowl.
2. Pat dough into bottom of a 13 x 9-inch metal baking pan coated with baking spray; cover with a damp towel. Let rise in a warm place (85°), free from drafts, 2 hours or until doubled in size.
3. Preheat oven to 350°. Combine corn syrup, 2 tablespoons water, and vanilla in a bowl, stirring with a whisk. Place 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar, 5 tablespoons butter olive oil, and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until fluffy (about 3 minutes). Add egg, beating well. Weigh or lightly spoon 5.2 ounces (about 1 cup plus 3 tablespoons) flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Add flour and corn syrup mixture alternately to sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Dollop topping over dough, and spread to edges of pan.
4. Bake at 350° for 35 minutes or until top is golden brown. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack. Sprinkle with powdered sugar, and cut into squares.

May 2013
Sonoma Farm