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Olive Oil Crumb Cake

This dairy free Olive Oil Crumb Cake recipe is infused with a lemon flavor thanks to zest and juice and is topped with an olive oil and honey streusel.
Course Dessert
Keyword cake, citrus, snack cake
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 55 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings 8
Calories 428kcal

Ingredients

Honey Crumb

  • 30 grams / 1 ½ tablespoons honey warmed
  • 56 grams / ¼ cup olive oil
  • 160 grams / 1 cup plain flour
  • ½ teaspoon sea or kosher salt

Lemon Olive Oil Cake

  • 150 grams / ¾ cup superfine/caster sugar
  • 12 grams / 2 tablespoons lemon zest finely chopped
  • 110 grams / 2 large eggs room temperature
  • 57 grams / ¾ cup fresh lemon juice (3 medium lemons)
  • 240 grams / 1 ½ cups plain flour
  • 48 grams / ½ cup almond flour
  • 8 grams / 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 3 grams / ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon sea or kosher salt
  • 160 grams / ¾ cup olive oil

Instructions

  • Greaseproof your cake tin and preheat your oven to 180C/350F.

Honey crumb

  • Place the warmed honey in a bowl and add the olive oil and whisk until combined.
  • Add in the flour and fold through until the flour is combined, repeat with the remaining flour, until the mixture resembles uneven breadcrumbs. Set aside.

Lemon Olive oil cake

  • Place the sugar and lemon zest into a bowl and rub together to coat the zest thoroughly with sugar and draw out the oils in the peel.
  • Add the eggs and beat until pale and fluffy and a ribbon has formed, approximately 3 minutes with a hand mixer.
  • Add in the lemon juice and beat for 1 minute, until well combined.
  • Place the flours, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a separate bowl and stir until combined.
  • Add to the sugar and lemon mixture and beat on low until just combined and no dry portions remain on the sides of bowl.
  • In a slow and steady stream, pour in the olive oil until fully combined.
  • Pour the batter into your prepared pan.
  • Top with the honey crumb mixture and press it down lightly to hold into the top of the cake.
  • Bake for 55 minutes or until a skewer comes out of the center of the cake clean and doesn’t feel oily when you rub the skewer between your fingers.
  • Remove and allow to cool.
  • Sprinkle confectioner’s or icing sugar over the top.
  • Slice and serve.

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Notes

  • Lemon: Verna lemons were most easy to source for this recipe, but honestly, any lemon you have on hand works. You will want the skin to be as blemish free as possible due to using the zest for the cake batter.
  • Type of olive to use here: Whilst you can use any olive oil, it is best to use extra virgin olive oil which has a more fruity fuller flavor that will enhance this cake.
  • Increasing the lemon flavor in this cake: Firstly, rubbing the finely chopped zest with the sugar helps draw out the oils from the lemon peel as well as infusing the flavor into the base of your cake. Secondly, you can increase the lemon flavor by simply adding the freshest juice you can into your cake.
  • Cake tin: A spring form tin that is 20 cm or 8 inches was used, however, a standard cake tin of similar size would also work well.
Recipe by Roamingtaste

Nutrition

Calories: 428kcal