Ham, Olives, Herbs and Swiss Cheese Cake

Ingredients for one pound Cake :

1 cups + 2 tbspoons (150 gr) all purpose flour
3 eggs
½ cup olive oil
½ cup whole milk
1 pack of active dry yeast
1 cup of ham cubes
2 dozen pitted small green olives (you can add black olives if you prefer
1 cup of grated Swiss Gruyère cheese (you can substitute with Emmental or Gouda)
Dry Herbs : 1 teaspoons of thyme or sage, or origan or a mix
Salt and pepper

Butter and flour a standard rectangular cake or loaf pan (you can skip this step if you have a non stick pan).
Preheat the oven to 360 F.

Drain and slice the olives.
Cut the ham into rectangular cubes.
Pour the eggs into the flour + yeast in the bowl of your food processor. Mix on medium speed. Add the milk and oil and mix on high speed.
Add ham, olives, herbs and cheese and mix slowly.
Keep the mixture in the fridge for 20mn.

Pour the mixture into the cake pan and bake about 45mn (check after 40mn) or until a knife comes clean when inserted into the middle, and the top and edges are golden.

Serve warm with a green salad for lunch, or let cool, slice into squares, and serve as an hors d’oeuvre