Lemon Olive Oil Syrup Cake

Lemon Olive Oil Syrup Cake

 

"This citrusy lemon cake began as my mum’s recipe, evolving over the years with little tweaks and lots of love. It dates back to when I was 19 and opened my first café, Maidments Tea Rooms in Cobram. Later, it became a firm favourite at our much-loved farm store in Yarrawonga. Serve it warm, fresh from the oven, and serve with double cream + ice cream."

Ros Vodusek | Rich Glen Creative Director

Ingredients

CAKE

• 1 Cup almond meal
• 1 Cup desiccated coconut
• Finely grated zest of 4 lemons or limes
• ½ Cup caster sugar
• Juice  + rind of 2 lemons or limes
• Pinch of Murray river salt flakes
• 1 ½ cup self raising flour, sifted (or gluten-free SR flour)
• 180ml Rich Glen Agrumato Lemon Lime Olive Oil
• 3 large eggs

TANGY SYRUP

• ½ Cup caster sugar
• Juice of the 4 lemons and limes 

Directions

CAKE

1. Preheat the oven to 160˚C. Prepare tin with baking paper and grease with olive oil.
2. Mix self raising flour, almond meal, coconut and zest in a bowl, set aside.
3. In a mixing bowl add sugar, lemon juice and rind, pinch salt flakes, Agrumato Lemon Lime Olive Oil and eggs.
4. Beat for 5 mins with an electric mixer.
5. Fold the dry mix into the wet mix until combined and pour into the lined tin.
6. Bake for 30 mins on 160˚C or until springy to touch.

TANGY SYRUP

While the cake is baking make the tangy syrup. 

1. In a bowl, mix caster sugar and juice. Whisk until sugar dissolves, set aside.
2. Remove the cake from the oven (when springy to touch) and prick the cake all over with a skewer. Pour the syrup all over the cake whilst piping hot and it is still in the tin.

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