Dessert

Lemon Olive Oil Cake

15 min work, 40 min baking · Serves 8 slices

Moist, fragrant and nearly impossible to get wrong. Better on day two.

Ingredients

• 200 g all-purpose flour
• 150 g sugar
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 3 eggs
• 120 ml olive oil
• 120 ml milk
• Zest and juice of 2 lemons
• Pinch of salt

Method

1. Heat the oven to 175 C. Line a 20 cm round pan with parchment.
2. Rub the lemon zest into the sugar with your fingertips until it smells like lemonade.
3. Whisk in eggs, then oil, milk and 3 tbsp lemon juice. Fold in flour, baking powder and salt.
4. Pour into the pan and bake 38-42 minutes, until a skewer comes out clean.
5. Brush with a little extra lemon juice while warm. Cool before serving.

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