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Lemon Olive Oil Cake
This Lemon Olive Oil Cake is supremely moist, ultra lemony, and decadent. Perfect for breakfast or dessert!
👥 8 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h 30m⏳ Prep: 30 min🔥 Cook: 1h👤 Amy Dong📖 chewoutloud
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- pan
- oven
- whisk
- bowl
- spatula
- wooden spoon
- saucepan
- knife
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Preheat and Grease
2
Preheat oven 350F, with rack on lower middle position. Lightly grease 9x5" loaf pan and set aside.
3
Whisk
4
In a bowl, hand-whisk together the yogurt, sugar, eggs, lemon zest, vanilla, and olive oil. Whisk until well incorporated.
large eggs (room temp)3lemon zest (packed, freshly grated )1 tablespoonlemon zest (zest of 1 lemon)1
5
Mix Together and Bake
6
In a separate bowl, hand-whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Using a rubber spatula or wooden spoon, gently fold flour mixture together with the yogurt mixture until most lumps are gone - a few small lumps are fine.
baking powder3 teaspoons
7
Bake
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Use a rubber spatula to transfer batter into greased loaf pan and bake ⏱️ 60-70 min. or until toothpick inserted in center comes out almost clean, with a few tender crumbs attached. Let cake cool in pan slightly at room temp, while you make the lemon syrup.
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Cool
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Combine the 2 ingredients for Lemon Syrup into a saucepan. Stir over medium heat until completely dissolved.
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Poke
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Use a sharp knife to loosen warm cake from pan and carefully flip cake over onto a serving platter. Using a bamboo skewer or toothpick, poke holes throughout top of cake. Brush lemon syrup over the cake until it's soaked into the cake. Let cake cool.
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Make the Glaze
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Make the lemon glaze by combining the 3 ingredients for Lemon Glaze in a small bowl and stirring until it becomes a thick-drizzle consistency. Drizzle glaze over cooled cake. Glaze will firm up in ⏱️ 5 minutes. Slice and serve.
Nutrition Facts
calories
433 kcal
fat Content
18 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
1 g
sugar Content
37 g
sodium Content
288 mg
protein Content
8 g
trans Fat Content
0.01 g
cholesterol Content
78 mg
carbohydrate Content
78 g
saturated Fat Content
4 g
unsaturated Fat Content
13 g
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