Lemon Olive Oil Pound Cake

Using our Lemon Infused Olive Oil, as well as the zest and juice of fresh lemons, makes this the ultimate pound cake for lemon lovers!

Ingredients

  • 1 cup The Olive Scene Eureka Lemon Olive Oil

  • 2 cup sugar

  • zest from 1 lemon- approx 3 tablespoons

  • 2 teaspoon vanilla

  • 4 eggs 

  • ½ cup milk

  • ½ cup sour cream

  • 3 cup flour

  • 2 tsp baking powder

  • ½ tsp salt

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350. 

  2. Butter and flour two loaf pans, or a bundt pan. 

  3. In a large mixing bowl, cream oil, sugar, lemon zest, and vanilla.

  4. Add the eggs one at a time, beating after each addition. 

  5. Mix together milk and sour cream in a bowl and add to the batter.

  6. Mix together the flour, baking powder and salt and add to batter half at a time, on low speed until just mixed, or fold flour into batter by hand. Do not overbeat. 

  7. Divide batter between the loaf pans, smoothing the top. 

  8. Bake 50-60 min until toothpick inserted comes out clean. 

  9. Cool 10 min, then turn out to cool completely. 

Glaze: 

  • 1 cup powder sugar

  • zest of one lemon

  • juice of 1 lemon

Mix all together and drizzle over cooled cake. 

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