This is my 100th post, yes 100.. wow! Can you believe it ??! 🙂 I knew this day would come, but with all the blog-hopping, cooking, writing and clicking, just didn't realize I had written 99 posts and it's time for the 100th!
The journey so far has been amazing. Understanding about blogging, different social media, making friends and sharing recipes with them, it's an experience that I am enjoying every single day. A girl who used to order take-out now prefers to spend time in the kitchen and enjoy cooking. A girl who never used to touch the camera now can't spend a day without it.
The last 5 months were all about trying new dishes, new ingredients and new techniques. It was also about learning the different lingo in photography and trying to click better picture every time.
The journey is still on!
All these wouldn't have been possible without your support and love. The suggestions, the wonderful comments, the emails, the tweets, the smiles.. you motivated me everyday 🙂 THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
Celebration always calls for a sweet treat and for me, it usually a cake. So, all I needed was a simple flavorful round soft cake. Add in some citrus.. may be some fruits.. whisk the egg fluffy and smooth.. pour the vanilla extract and enjoy how it swirls in your batter.. place in the hot oven and wait till it fills your home with the aroma that no perfume can beat. The smell of freshly baked cake always brings a smile in my face. At times, I like to see the cake through the oven glass as it rises and changes its color.
I made a Olive Oil cake with some Blackberries to celebrate my 100th post. This is for you my friend, from my kitchen to yours. The journey has just begun... I have many more things to learn from you and a lots to share with you!
Olive Oil Cake with Blackberries
Ingredients
- 4 eggs (separated)
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- ½ cup olive oil
- 10 to 12 fresh blackberries
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- pinch of salt
- zest of one lemon
- powdered sugar for garnish
- butter to grease the pan
Instructions
- Whisk the egg whites with sugar until they are smooth and thick like whipped cream.
- Add one egg yolk at a time and whisk until it mixes properly.
- In a separate bowl, mix the flour with baking powder. Then, add olive oil to the bowl and mix it until it's properly incorporated.
- Add the flour mixture to the egg mixture and using a rubber spatula, fold it from the center. Continue folding it till everything is mixed properly.
- Add the vanilla extract, lemon zest and mix it again.
- Next, grease a baking pan with some butter.
- Pour the batter in the baking pan and top it with the blackberries.
- Bake it for about 45 to 50 mins at 375 F preheated oven.
- Garnish it with some powdered sugar and enjoy!
Nutrition
It was soft, moist and refreshing with tangy fruit bite in between. Just perfect!!
I cannot finish the post without thanking two most important people behind Sunshine & Smile.. my friend Deepa and my love Arvind 🙂 You both made me discover my passion!
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tigerfish
Congrats on your 100th post! 😀
WHat a great cake you have baked in celebration.
Sandra's Easy Cooking
Congrats on 100th post!! Ohh it's like yesterday that I started visiting your blog..I am so happy for you, just keep going!
I love your photos, amazing really!!! what an interesting first photo, I stared for good 5 minutes:)) just beautiful!!!
Aldy
Oooh...this cake is simply beautiful, Kankana. I love cakes and am drooling over this wonderful looking cake. I bet every bite of it is heavenly. I'm loving the soft-delicate texture of your cake...mouth-watering! CONGRATS on your 100th!!!
Gorgeous shots 🙂
Have a great day,
Aldy.
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Happy 100th post!! What a beautiful way to celebrate... that cake is just gorgeous!
tasteofbeirut
I adore blackberries and am so glad to find a cake to make with them! Congratulations on your 100th post and may there be many many more!!!
sarah
Congrats on your 100th post! I love love love olive oil cakes and we are just approaching blackberry season here in Seattle so I will definitely be keeping this recipe on hand! Lovely pictures too!
claudia lamascolo
Awesome 100th post this is my favorite fruit and now cake yum!
Treat and Trick
Congrats on your 100th post dear! Great way to celebrate with this tempting and beautiful cake...
pigpigscorner
Congrats on you 100th post! Time really flies, doesn't it. Looking forward to more posts!
Faith
A huge congrats to you on your 100th post! This cake is lovely and it looks like the perfect way to celebrate!
Little Brick Ranch
Congrats on 100 posts!! I was counting down to my 100th post and then it flew by without my noticing...kind of a bummer but I can still celebrate later!! This cake seems like a super great way to celebrate your big accomplishment. At post 1 I was daunted with the fact of even going to post 2 then 20 then 100+! Who knew!!
the good soup
Lovely to see you pass the 100 mark! You start blogging about the same time as me, but i'm pretty sure you post more than I do, so, dear Kankana, you're an inspiration! And I hope to make it to 100 soon too...
Olive oil cakes, very good and moist. Kim Boyce makes a beautiful one with dark chocolate and rosemary...
Roxana GreenGirl
Kankana, that's a big milestone. You did such a wonderful job in the past months, I feel like you've been blogging for years. Congratulation my dear!
the cake looks amazing 🙂
rebecca
congrats and your right blogging makes us all better cooks 🙂 awesome cake and pretty snaps
sonia
Hi Kankana, This is looking Gorgeous. A very well made post with beautiful pictures. Loved the new combo of ingredients and the recipe is so nicely made and presented. Its always fun to see ur appetizing recipes.Saving this recipe of urs and wud love to give ur version a try on the coming weekend. Have a great day….Sonia !!!
Vicki @ WITK
Happy 100th post! This is a fabulous way to celebrate. BTW, these photos are just beautiful, amazing light!
Krithi
Congrats on your 100 beautiful posts dear.. Wishing a lot more 100s to come... This cake is a perfect way to celebrate! Keep rocking...!!!!
Joanne
Happy 100th post! That's awesome! I've been meaning to try baking with olive oil but haven't quite gotten around to it. This looks delicious!
Sneh | Cook Republic
Congratulations! You must be over the moon :-). Love the lovely golden crumbly exterior of your cake. Here is wishing you many more awesome milestones!
cakewhiz
congrats on your 100th post! i only found your blog a few months ago and i have loved it ever since. i always look forward to your mind blowing photographs and recipes 🙂
being a cake lover, i am so excited to see a cake posting. i recently made an olive oil cake and i was surprised by how good it tasted. the recipe is very similar to yours but i didn't add blackberries or lemon zest. i will try out those additions next time!