Olive Oil Lemon Cake (See Jane Bake)
I’m by no means an expert baker, but sometimes you’ve just got to appease the crowds (i.e. Eric). My fiancé doesn’t just have one sweet tooth, he’s got a whole mouthful. As I perused through one of my best friend’s blogs, I saw the words ‘olive oil’ + ‘lemon’ side by side and knew I needed to try it for myself. The olive oil adds a certain depth to the cake, but without the heaviness. I was tempted to call it a loaf, but ultimately ended up calling it a cake due to the cane sugar sprinkled on top and also to appeal to the man. (Note to self: men would rather eat something called a cake, rather than a loaf.) I also made the fresh blueberry sauce as suggested in the recipe here and all in all, it made it a colorful, beautiful dessert that was just the remedy for a cold night in the dead of winter.
This looks amazing! I think the blueberry sauce makes it look so pretty and I am sure it all tasted divine!
I LOVE lemon…must try this recipe, thanks!!
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yum! that looks delicious, especially when paired with the blueberry sauce.
Mmmm that looks quite tasty!!! 😀
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Wow. I want to eat that right now.
YUM!!! The best part of bread/loafs/cakes (call them what you will!) the house always smells sooo good after!!!
Looks absolutely delicious!
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Okay, sitting and work and craving this SO HARD. Looks delicious!
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I'm going to have to try this. I'm not much of a sweet eater but my dude certainly is.
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This is genius. I wonder if olive oil would be better in all cakes? You might be on to something here. I agree about men thinking cake sounds better than loaf. It looks fabulous.
Mmmmm! I'm addicted to Maggie's blog right now; the recipes are so amazing. And how tasty does this look? I love that you combined lemon and blueberry in the middle of the winter — genius.
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that looks so good…if only I could get my hands on some right now!!
Ummmm, delicious! Btw, I am going to call all loaf-like things "cake" from now on to up the appeal 😉
Yum! And it's lunchtime…
Mmmm…cake beats out loaf every time!!
okay that looks divine!
haha I like how you said Eric has a mouthful of sweet teeth… so does Tanner 🙂 This recipe sounds delicious and something new to try!
Oooh, that looks really good.
wow, that does sound (and look) delicious
Yummmmmmmmmmmm. This looks amazing. I'm always looking for excuses to bake. Is tomorrow too soon???
Leaving the House in THIS?!?!
I think I may have just gained 5 lbs reading this post. It looks soooo yummy!!!
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Oh boy! I have to try this! Thanks for posting!
MEGAN LAND
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oh my goodness this looks ridiculously good!!!!
I have been wanted to make an olive oil cake for a while now and you have just inspired me to actually go out and do it!
Great addition of blueberries too!
Can I please have a piece now? 🙂
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LJ
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I haven't had lemon cake in ages. This looks so good.