A Cake Born of Fever Dreams - Green Olive Corn Cake with Blue Cheese Frosting - Recipe

My best friend, Chris, is absolutely mad about blue cheese and green olives. For his birthday in 2022, he asked me to create him a dish focussing on these flavors. I put on my best mad scientist thinking cap and came up with this sweet and savory dessert recipe. Full Recipe: https://www.cookinwithsquirrl.com/recipes/green-olive-corn-cake Green Olive Corn Cake Ingredients: - 2 cups (256g) all-purpose flour - 1 3/4 cups (350g) granulated sugar - 1 1/4 cups (150g) cornmeal, preferably finely ground - 1 tbsp baking powder - 1 tsp kosher salt - 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, cold, cubed - 2 cups buttermilk - 3/4 cup canola oil - 2 large eggs - 2 large egg yolks - 1.5 cups halved green olives - 1 tsp vanilla extract Blue Cheese Frosting Ingredients: - 4 ounces blue cheese, Roquefort preferred - 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened - 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese - 2 tbsp floral honey of your choice - 1 tsp vanilla extract - 4 cups powdered sugar Attributions: Cake inspiration, Special thanks to @food52 and specifically Emma Laperruque: https://food52.com/recipes/81598-corn-cake Frosting Inspiration: https://sugarspunrun.com/cream-cheese-frosting/ Ready for more Squirrl? Try out some of these playlists! Food and Philanthropy ( aka Cause) Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJpseSHU4Ro&list=PL3IDazbQ_q7y5rS_TqZEL3j7lHVZeHrqP Recipe Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWp4mm2WOfY&list=PL3IDazbQ_q7wZGaWd7-Tm2fhpIEo-B6SI Cocktail Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xlYjO6lTfU&list=PL3IDazbQ_q7yyFgHixSvkFc3xfVn8ll0g Shorts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6mBPOemIBc&list=PL3IDazbQ_q7zlfcUQf0hnWIM14B4AUHD5 This video was shot on a GoPro Hero 10 and a GoPro Hero 7 using a SNAP Mount on my microwave giving a great overhead shot of my cooking surface. SNAP Mounts are fantastic tools for some really interesting camera placement ideas. Check them out below. They can also be found on Amazon if you are looking to pick one up. This is not sponsored I just like the product. Squirrl Socials: https://www.twitch.tv/cookinwithsquirrl https://www.instagram.com/cookinwithsquirrl/ https://www.facebook.com/cookinwithsquirrl https://twitter.com/CookWithSquirrl Snapmounts: www.snapmounts.com https://www.instagram.com/snapmounts/ Jessee Maloney IG: https://www.instagram.com/jessee_artschooldropout Website: www.artschooldropout.net Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 0:33 - Prep Pans and Olives 2:07 - Making The Sponge 7:07 - Make Blue Cheese Frosting 13:03 - Assemble and Frost The Cake 16:04 - Feed The Chris 18:02 - Outro 18:27 - Credits