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Lemon Olive Oil Bundt Cake with Lemon Vanilla Bean Glaze

andrea blair cirignano | cedar baking company
This lemon olive oil cake is the perfect combination of easy and impressive all wrapped up in one deliciously simple recipe and it's great for brunch, a baby shower, or as a non-traditional, rustic birthday cake. You don’t need a stand mixer or even a hand mixer to make this perfect cake and you can make the entire cake ahead of time or the same day you want to enjoy.
Course Dessert
Servings 12 servings

Equipment

  • 12 cup/10 inch bundt pan

Ingredients
  

  • 1 ¾ cups KAMUT® White Flour (or 2 cups white all-purpose flour)
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 ¾ cups sugar
  • 1 ¼ cups olive oil
  • 1 cup whole milk
  • 2 TBS Cointreau/orange liqueur (or 2 tsp orange extract)
  • Zest of two lemons
  • Juice of two lemons

For the Glaze:

  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 2-3 vanilla beans
  • Zest of two lemons
  • Juice of up to two lemons

Instructions
 

  • Preheat your oven to 350℉. Spray the pan with non-stick cooking spray and then flour the pan.
  • In a small bowl, whisk together flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder and set aside.
  • Use a large mixing bowl for the wet ingredients and start with the eggs and sugar. Whisk together and, when smooth, begin to slowly pour in the olive oil while continuing to whisk the egg and sugar mixture. When smooth, set aside.
  • Measure out the milk and add the Cointreau, lemon zest, and lemon juice. Mix right before you’re ready to use.
  • Alternate adding the dry ingredients and the milk mixture to the wet ingredients. Start with half of the flour mixture, follow with the milk mixture, and finish with the rest of the flour mixture. Whisk after each addition but do not overmix.
  • Pour into the prepared bundt pan and bake for 45 minutes. The cake is done baking when golden brown along the edges and a long toothpick or cake tester comes out with a few crumbs.
  • Let the cake cool in the pan for a few minutes on a cooling rack and then turn out onto an easy-to-clean wire rack on a large piece of wax paper or parchment paper.
  • While the cake cools, make the glaze. Sift powdered sugar into a mixing bowl and set aside.
  • Slice two or three vanilla beans lengthwise and scrape the seeds from the pod. Add the vanilla bean paste to the powdered sugar. Zest two lemons and add the lemon zest to the powdered sugar. Juice the lemons you just zested into a liquid glass measuring cup and slowly add to the powdered sugar mixture as you whisk and until you get the desired consistency. The glaze should be thicker than syrup but thinner than pudding.
  • Let the glaze set and then slice and enjoy. This cake keeps very well for a few days, covered, at room temperature.
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