This is a beautiful and easy olive oil cake that can be enhanced with sour cherries, blueberries, or no fruit at all.  If you want a very tall cake, use an 8-inch round, but make sure it is a deep cake pan.  Otherwise, use a 9-inch round. If you don’t have a 9-inch springform pan, it is worth the investment. I’ve made it with both sizes and I would use a 9-inch if your 8-inch is not very deep. If you want to do something special for Valentine’s Day, you can use the stencil idea for any baked goods or just the pink powdered sugar idea without a stencil. It’s easy and fun!

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