Olive Oil Cake with Basil Whipped Cream

I saw this first on Chef at Home and thought it looked interesting. The cake was amazing and the basil whipped cream was unreal.

For the Cake:

4 Eggs
2 cups Sugar
1 cup Olive Oil
1 1/2 cups Milk
Splash of Vanilla
2 Tbl Chopped fresh Rosemary
1/2 cup Cornmeal
2 cups Flour
1/2 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 tsp salt

Whisk the eggs, sugar, oil, milk, vanilla, and rosemary together. In a separate bowl, mix the dry ingredients together and then mix the two together. Pour the mixture into a 9" cake pan.

Bake at 350 degrees for approx. 1 hour 15 mins. Remove from the oven and let cool on a rack.


For the Basil Whipped Cream:

1 bunch Basil
3 tbl Sugar
1 cup Whipping Cream

Put the basil and sugar in a food processor or blender and chop until a paste forms. Put the paste into the whipping cream and beat until  soft peaks form.