Feta and spinach cocktail cake from Josée di Stasio
Feta and spinach cocktail cake from Josée di Stasio

Preparation time 20 minutes

Total time: 1 hour 20 minutes

Ingredients

  1. Butter, to grease pan
  2. 330 mL (1⅓ cups) flour (and a little more to flour pan)
  3. 10 mL (2 tsp.) baking powder
  4. 2 mL (½ tsp.) salt
  5. To taste, freshly ground pepper
  6. 1 pinch of espelette or cayenne pepper (optional)
  7. 3 eggs
  8. 60 mL (¼ cup) olive oil
  9. 125 mL (½ cup) milk
  10. 100 g grated Gruyère cheese (about 250 mL or 1 cup)
  11. 200 g finely crumbled feta (about 310 mL or 1¼ cups)
  12. 175 mL (¾ cup), tightly packed chopped spinach
  13. 60 mL (¼ cup), sliced green onions (about ½-cm/¼-in. thick)
  14. 1 handful of pumpkin or sunflower seeds, for decoration (optional)

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F).
  2. Grease and flour a 10 cm x 20 cm (4 x 8 in.) loaf pan
  3. Combine the flour, baking powder, salt, pepper, and espelette or cayenne pepper, if using.
  4. Whisk the eggs, oil, and milk together in a large bowl.
  5. Add the flour mixture, Gruyère, feta, spinach, and green onions. Using a wooden spoon, combine ingredients well without over stirring.
  6. Transfer mixture to loaf pan.
  7. Sprinkle pumpkin or sunflower seeds on top.
  8. Bake in centre of oven for 60 minutes and let cool in pan.
  9. Remove from pan, cut into cubes and serve with olives, or nuts and fresh veggies at cocktail hour. Well wrapped, this cake can be stored in the freezer for up to 6 weeks. Once thawed to room temperature, warm in a 120°C (250°F) oven for 5 minutes before serving.

NOTE

For this recipe we used Bulgarian ewe's milk feta

TIP

Go ahead and double the recipe for holiday time. You can serve one cake at cocktail hour and give the other as a gift along with a bottle of wine.

NO WASTE

Use leftover raw spinach in soup or lightly sautéed in an omelette or pasta dish.

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