The Only Thing You Need To Bring To A Picnic This Summer Is An Olive Oil Cake

As tempting as it may be to make an impressively frosted cake, a Basque cheesecake (it feels like everyone I know has baked one of these recently, and every restaurant I go to in New York City has their own spin on one on their dessert menu), or some sort of salad to bring to a picnic this summer, rethink these options. Your buttercream frosting will slide right off the cake in the summer heat. Cheesecake on a hot day with no option for refrigeration seems ill-conceived. Nobody will touch your salad no matter how good it is…