what's your family's favourite food?

[juno]

I like this Spanish Apple cake from the baby led weaning cookbook - uses olive oil rather than butter - http://baby-led.rhgdsrv.co.uk/blog/?p=416

[sylviamaria]

There are plenty of oil based cakes and biscuit recipes to choose from.for example Carrot cake (without the frosting). Also Greek and Italian dry biscuits with oil and flour as a base and flavoured with cinnamon, fennel etc. The sweetness oftn comes from the flavourings and dried fruit as opposed to the sugar.

[srisky]

I have been put off by oil based cakes but are they actually healthier than those made with butter or margarine? I imagine olive oil has too much flavour for many cakes and a flavourless oil like sunflower is often used.

[snowboarder]

Hard to tell what is healthy/unhealthy these days but certainly in our house margarine is banned as being basically closer to plastic than food - http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/mar/23/everything-you-know-about-unhealthy-foods-is-wrong?CMP=twt_gu

The spanish apple cake is nice - I've made it before and am certainly not a baker!! Worth a try.

[Mustard]

Yogurt and olive oil cakes are also nice. Quite a few recipes out there. Just don't use a very strongly flavoured olive oil, use a mild one.

http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2005/10/yogurt_cake.php