Lemon pressed olive oil cake
By Stuart Harvey, Chef
Serves: 10 people
Ingredients:
- 4 eggs
- 3/4 cup sugar
- Rind of 1 orange
- Rind of 2 lemons
- 250g flour
- 2 tsp salt
- ⅔ cup lemon pressed extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 cup blanched roasted almonds, chopped
Method:
Preheat oven to 180°C.
Beat eggs and sugar together until sugar has dissolved and egg mix is firm. Mix in rinds.
Sift flour and salt together.
Gently fold flour mix, Toscana lemon pressed extra virgin olive oil and almonds into egg mix; pour into lined 20cm tin.
Bake for 1 hour; check with skewer to see if cooked.
Allow Lemon Olive Oil Cake to cool before turning on to cooling rack.
Serving Suggestion: Serve with double cream or warm lemon syrup. Variations: substitute our blood orange infused oil for lemon pressed.
