It’s Sunday and there is cake on our family plates
a soft lemony one
a cake that you could easily handle another slice (or two.)
Made quickly but with love.
Don’t ever think that something made in haste
isn’t without it’s lemony love merits,
that’s just practicality.
A practical Lemon-And-Olive-Oil-Made-With-Love Father’s Day cake.
Lemon and Olive Oil Cake
4 eggs
400g caster sugar
250mls olive oil
zest of 1 large lemon
juice of 2 large lemons
450g self raising flour
In a mixer, beat eggs and sugar together until pale. Then drizzle in olive oil. Tip out to a large mixing bowl and add lemon zest and juice. Fold through self raising flour.
Pour mixture into two greased and lined cake tins or one cake tin and one muffin tray (this mixture make approximately one large cake and 8 muffins).
Bake at 180C for approximately 45-50 minutes, shorter time for muffins.
cityhippyfarmgirl 
As we speak I’m looking at our neighbour’s massive heavy lemon tree poking up above our fence. We have a special hand-made hook/stick device to pull the lemons off (with neighbour’s permission)! I am making this cake this morning! Will report back 🙂
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Reporting back! I made it. Oh man, it was GOOD! So easy and really lemony and moist. I shared a (slightly weird) photo of it on Facebook. Great recipe Brydie, definitely a keeper 🙂
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So good to hear that Saskia 🙂 Yay! Will have a look on FB.
Super easy huh, who has time for fluffying about I say, well except if they are Wookie Cookies.
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Oh yes, this is one of my favourite cakes ever. I have a similar recipe. Anything that does not include creaming butter and sugar pleases me 🙂
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Me too! Cheers to blender cakes and non creaming business.
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I’m glad this is something that can be made in haste – that’s often the way I have to operate. I do love the texture of cakes made with olive oil. And you asked about the catering for Miss A’s party – yes, I’m doing most of the catering but on the night I will have a caterer and an assistant in the kitchen to heat and serve the food. The caterer is also doing some of the appetisers that can only be made on the day. Even so…I think I’ve taken on too much! xx
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Sounds like a huge undertaking Charlie….good luck! and look forward to hearing about it all from the other side.
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My friend Con gave me a huge bag of lemons from hs backyard tree, each one is between 200 and 300g so I may adjust the amounts in your recipe Brydie. You picked a perfect day to post this, I’m making lemon curd this afternoon and now a lemon and olive oil cake. People in my house will be smiling this evening.
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That’s a lot of lemony love there Rose and all good things I say. Now, just thinking, if you are feeling parrrrrticularly lemony I reckon some curd would taste quite good with the cake. Oh yes indeed.
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Yum Brydie, I can almost smell it from here. I love the addition of olive oil cakes…thanks for sharing!
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The olive oil makes it really lovely and moist doesn’t it. Do you grow olives Jane, can’t quite remember.
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what a lovely, zesty cake. And I love a two-for-one cake recipe: so good to get a fancy cake plus muffins for the lunchboxes from one bake session!
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EXACTLY.
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Most dads, in the early years of being dads, spend most of their time careening around bouncing from kids to work to home and back to kids again and if they get to stop and have a nice bit of lemon cake, home cooked for them by the loving and most wonderful mother of their children, they tend to count themselves as very lucky. If that lemon cake is accompanied by a bottle of their favourite beer that takes it to the next step on the rung to sublime joy 😉
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He missed out on the beer, but I reckon a partial way to sublime joy is ok 😉
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A man should never have everything that he wants because what has he got to aim for then? 😉
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Oh it looks splendid. Muffins made from cake recipes are so good too.
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Keeps the small and big ones sorted then.
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I’m always in need of another lemon recipe! Thanks Brydie 🙂
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You’re welcome Sam….go forth and be lemony.
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Agreed…made quickly does not mean made with less love!! Your cake looks beautiful and I’m sure filled everyone with that lemony love. Gorgeous photos, gorgeous words 🙂
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This cake is fantastic! I halved the recipe and it was perfect. Thankyou.
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Wonderful Anna! Thanks for letting me know.
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I love this recipe – the citrus flavours with the moistness of the olive oil. Has anyone tried substituting the sugar for honey to add to the health aspect?
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I haven’t Dan, as honey is never in super abundance. But if you do give it a go, let me know. I think it would work.
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Made this recipe a few times now ’cause it’s just so delicious. I did sub the sugar with one cup of honey and it works fine. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
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That’s great! Thanks for letting me know Dan 🙂
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