Chocolate Olive Oil Cake

Name: Chocolate Olive Oil Cake
Yield: Serves 8 to 10
Ingredients: ½ cup, extra-virgin olive oil; 3 ounces (85 grams), bittersweet chocolate, chopped; ¾ cup (3¾ ounces; 106 grams), all-purpose flour; ¼ cup (¾ ounces; 21 grams), Dutch-processed cocoa powder; ¾ teaspoon, baking powder; ¼ teaspoon, baking soda; ½ teaspoon, table salt; 1 cup (7 ounces; 198 grams), sugar plus 2 tablespoons, divided; 2 , large eggs plus 1 large yolk; ½ cup, milk

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 2023

Desserts or Baked Goods

Dressed up or served unadorned, this dark, rich version of a reader favorite comes together even more easily than the original.

SERVES8 to 10

TIME55 minutes, plus 2 hours cooling

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Our Olive Oil Cake is a reader favorite, and many have requested that we create a chocolate version. Doing so required several changes to the original recipe, but the new version turned out to be even easier than the original since it's mix...

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