Heirloom Apple Almond Olive Oil Cake from Gold Ridge Organic Farms

We recently spent a day visiting Gold Ridge Organic Farms, where farmer Brook Hazan grows apples, citrus, and olives on 88 idyllic acres near Sebastopol. It’s a good place to experience an expert, multi-faceted olive oil tasting right beside some gorgeous old olive trees like those in our Olive Oil Heaven gallery of orchards. On the Gold Ridge patio, you’ll also meet a unique citrus hybrid called the mandarin kumquat. The farm co-presses those fruits with olives in its mill, and the delicious oil can add its beautiful spark to salads or to this Heirloom Apple Almond Olive Oil Cake recipe.