Olive Oil Rye Cake with Vanilla Stewed Tomatoes and Sour Whipped Cream
By Sam Fuchs
I think we can all agree: the tomato is the summer vegetable. As a reformed hater, I’ve come a long way from turning my nose up at one of the season’s greatest delights: a juicy, sun-ripened tomato. I love finding creative ways to use everyday ingredients, and this recipe does just that.
This olive oil snacking cake has a plush, moist crumb that could easily stand on its own, but when you top it with vanilla-stewed tomatoes and a tangy, lightly sour whipped cream, it truly sings. Not too sweet, slightly savory, and full of bright, unexpected flavor, it’s quick to make but tastes like something far more sophisticated.
Ingredients (20)
Ingredients (20)
Olive Oil Rye Cake
Instructions
Bake the cake
Preheat oven to 350 °F. Prepare an 8-inch cake pan with olive oil and parchment.
In a large bowl, beat eggs (2 large) and sugar (1 cup) with a hand mixer until fluffy, thick, and pale in color.
With the hand mixer on medium, slowly stream in olive oil (¾ cup) to create an emulsion.
Add the sour cream (¾ cup), milk (1 ¾ Tbsp), vanilla (1 ½ tsp), and salt (1 tsp), mixing on low until just combined.
Sift in the remaining dry ingredients. Using a spatula, gently fold the mixture until just combined and pour into the prepared cake pan.
The rye flour may contain particles that are too large to pass through the sieve - just sift what you can and toss the remainder in.
Bake at 350 °F for 40-50 minutes until golden brown and a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
Make the tomato jam
While the cake bakes, prepare the jam.
Halve the tomatoes (2 ½ cups), peel the lemon (1 lemon) with a vegetable peeler, and juice the lemon.
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Sam Fuchs is a food creative and freelance baker running a microbakery out of her apartment in Ridgewood, Queens. Craving community and Tumblr-era online anonymity, she started a secret food account in 2022. It quickly grew into the platform it was always intended to be: a place to connect others through food and celebrate the joy of making things by hand. Now, you can find her either slinging cakes from her home bakery, popping up at cafes around the city, or hosting community bake sales from friends' apartments.