1/2 cup olive oil
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cup ap flour
3/4 cup dark or cocoa powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp salt
1 cup chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350. Grease and line a loaf pan with parchment paper. Set aside.
Whisk to combine the olive oil through vanilla in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, whisk the flour through the salt together then add to the olive oil mixture. Fold the dry ingredients into the olive oil mix using a spatula. Do not overmix. Pour into the prepared loaf pan and bake about 60 minutes or until a toothpick comes out with just a few tiny crumbs.
To serve, drizzle with olive oil and sea salt, or go all out, add a scoop of good quality vanilla ice cream and drizzle that and the cake with olive oil and sea salt.