ORANGE AND OLIVE OIL CAKE

Ingredients........3 eggs, 1 egg white, 90gm of castor sugar, 1 dsp of finely grated orange zest, 65 ml of extra virgin olive oil, 60 ml of orange juice, 80gm of plain flour, 1/4 tsp of cream of tartar, a pinch of salt. Preheat your oven to 180 deg C. Grease and lightly dust with castor sugar a 20cm cake pan. Separate the eggs. Whisk the egg yolks with half the castor sugar until light fluffy. Add the finely grated zest, whisk in the olive oil and then the orange juice. Mix the flour with the pinch of salt and gently fold into the egg yolk mixture, until just combined. Whisk the egg whites with the cream of tartar until soft peaks form. Gradually add the remaining sugar and beat until stiff. Now gently fold into the yolk and flour mixture. Spoon into the prepared pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes, then reduce the oven temp to 150 deg C and continue to cook for for a further 20 minutes. Turn the oven off, leave the cake in the oven for 10 minutes before removing. Remove the cake to a serving dish and remove from the pan. Serve with mascarpone or thickly whipped cream, along with orange segments and strawberries if desired.