A refreshing light tasting cake made with fresh squeezed lemon juice and olive oil. The lemon glaze soaks into this poke and pour cake for delightful lemon flavor in every bite.
More About This Recipe
- Variations of this classic lemon olive oil cake can be found in both Italy and Greece. A light and refreshing dessert, it’s best to use a good-quality olive oil whenever possible. And despite being made from scratch, this cake is very easy to make, even for novice home bakers. Made from-scratch cakes like this lemon olive oil cake may seem intimidating at first, and while they do require slightly more work than a boxed mix, they are worth the extra effort and totally doable. Whereas some lemon cake recipes call for just a sprinkle of powdered sugar on top, this one uses a thin lemon glaze to really amp up the citrus flavor. Serve this delightfully bright dessert, or any of our other amazing cakes, at your next brunch, shower, or special summer gathering.
Lemon Olive Oil Cake
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 1 hr 5 min
- Servings 8
- Ingredients 12
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 2/3 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/2 cup Yoplait® Original French vanilla yogurt
- 1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
Lemon Glaze
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- Grated lemon peel for garnish, if desired
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 9-inch springform pan, or spray with baking spray with flour.
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Step2In medium bowl, mix flour, baking powder and salt.
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Step3In large bowl, mix granulated sugar and eggs with mixer on low speed until blended. Add olive oil, yogurt and 1 tablespoon lemon peel; mix until blended. Beat in flour mixture until smooth. Pour into pan.
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Step4Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cake 15 minutes on cooling rack. Remove side of pan. Carefully poke holes in top of cake with fork every inch.
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Step5In small bowl, mix lemon juice, olive oil and powdered sugar with whisk until blended.
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Step6Drizzle cake with glaze. Sprinkle with additional grated lemon peel.
Nutrition
400
Calories
18g
Total Fat
5g
Protein
56g
Total Carbohydrate
35g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 400
- Calories from Fat
- 160
- Total Fat
- 18g
- 27%
- Saturated Fat
- 3g
- 14%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 70mg
- 24%
- Sodium
- 300mg
- 12%
- Potassium
- 60mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 56g
- 19%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 4%
- Sugars
- 35g
- Protein
- 5g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 2%
- 2%
- Vitamin C
- 2%
- 2%
- Calcium
- 10%
- 10%
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
Exchanges:
1 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 3 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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