Wine Grape Harvest Cake Recipe

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Wine Grape Harvest Cake

Contributed by: Melinda

This is a traditional mediterranean harvest food. It is nice to use real wine grapes, as the flavor is different from table grapes, and the seeds become nutty while they bake. If possible, try to get organic or unsprayed wine grapes.

I recommend using parchment paper in the bottom of the cake pan.

2 eggs
2/3 cup granulated sugar
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
1/4 cup olive oil
1/3 cup milk
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups flour
3/4 tsp baking powder
2 tbl grated orange or lemon zest
2 cups fresh wine grapes, any type, stems removed
1 bottle of wine (same variety as grapes)
Confectioners sugar
Butter & flour for dusting

Preheat the oven to 350º
Butter a 9 inch cake pan on the bottom and sides
Place a piece of parchment paper in the bottom
Flour the sides of the pan
Beat eggs and sugar until lemon colored
Add melted butter, oil, milk and vanilla
Mix well
Sift flour with baking powder
Add orange zest and a pinch of kosher salt
Add dry ingredients to the batter and stir until blended
Let batter rest briefly
Gendly fold in 3/4 of the grapes and spoon batter into prepared pan
Bake for 15 minutes, then top with the remaining grapes
Bake for a total of 55 minutes. The cake will be very firm and deep golden brown on top
Cool on a rack for 10 minutes, run a knife along sides to loosen and remove from pan
To serve, slice small wedges. Place a single wedge on a dessert plate, pour a shot of wine over top and dust with a little powdered sugar

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