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Rich lemon olive oil cake

Name: Rich lemon olive oil cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 60 min
Ingredients: 1½ cups flour; ¾ cup sugar; ½ cup olive oil; 3 eggs; Zest of 2 lemons; ⅓ cup lemon juice; 1 tsp baking powder; Powdered sugar

Serves 6 servings

Kai Patel2 min readOct 1, 2026

Ready in ~60 min · around 2:12 PM

A home-cook take on lemon olive oil cake — the version that sticks around our table.

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Citrus bake 45: whisk by hand — overmixing is the enemy of a tender crumb.

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1½ cups flour
¾ cup sugar
½ cup olive oil
3 eggs
Zest of 2 lemons
⅓ cup lemon juice
1 tsp baking powder
Powdered sugar

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Kai Patel

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Rosa Dubois
Oct 2
Swapped in what I had in the fridge and it still sang.

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Instructions

Step 1Technique
Whisk dry ingredients. Beat sugar, eggs, oil, zest, and juice.
- ¾ cup sugar
- ½ cup olive oil
- 3 eggs
- Zest of 2 lemons
- ⅓ cup lemon juice
- Powdered sugar
Step 2Technique
Fold wet into dry; pour into greased 9-inch pan.
Step 3Technique
Bake at 350°F until set, 40–45 minutes.
Step 4Technique
Cool; dust with powdered sugar.
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- 1 tsp baking powder
- Powdered sugar