Lemon and Olive Oil Cake

Lemon and Olive Oil Cake with Spiced Pecans and a Meyer Lemon Glaze

Makes 1 Cake

Ingredients
  

  • Unsalted butter for buttering the pan
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 4 eggs plus 1 egg yolk
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • Juice and zest of 1 Meyer lemon
  • 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1 cup spiced pecans chopped (recipe follows)
  • Glaze
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup fresh Meyer lemon juice
  • 3 tablespoons water

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350°F. Butter a large Bundt cake pan and set aside.
  • In a medium bowl, combine the flour and salt. Set aside.
  • In a standing mixer with the paddle attachment, beat together the sugar and olive oil until combined. Add the eggs one at a time and the egg yolk and mix for 1 minute. Add the lemon juice and zest. Mix for an additional minute. Add the flour mixture to the bowl and mix until combined.
  • Transfer the batter to the Bundt cake pan and place in the oven. Bake for 45-50 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool for 10 minutes.
  • While the cake is cooling, make the glaze. In a small saucepan, add the sugar, lemon juice and water and cook over medium-high heat, stirring until the sugar has dissolved. Remove from the heat.
  • Remove the cake from the pan and transfer to a cake plate or serving plate. Sprinkle the pecans over the top and spoon the glaze evenly over the cake. Transfer the remaining glaze to a serving bowl and serve the cake with the glaze on the side, if desired.
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