Chefs' Recipes

Meyer lemon and olive oil cakes

This makes 12 mini cakes, but you'll likely want to eat them all.

By Jay Patey
  • 20 mins preparation
  • 15 mins cooking
  • Serves 12
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Meyer lemon and olive oil cakes
The much loved lemon and olive oil cakes Hobart's Pigeon Hole café.

Ingredients

  • 300 gm caster sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 250 ml (1 cup) milk
  • 250 ml (1 cup) extra-virgin olive oil
  • Juice and finely grated rind of 3 Meyer lemons (see note)
  • 300 gm (2 cups) plain flour, sieved
  • 1 tbsp baking powder
  • To serve: thick cream

Method

  • 1
    Preheat oven to 180C. Whisk sugar, eggs and a pinch of salt in an electric mixer until thick and pale (3-4 minutes).
  • 2
    Combine milk, oil, lemon juice and rind in a large jug and whisk to combine. Gradually add to egg mixture, whisking until just combined. Fold through flour and baking powder, divide among buttered and floured tins, and bake until golden and cooked through (10-12 minutes). Cool in tins (5 minutes), then turn out, dust with icing sugar and serve warm or at room temperature with thick cream. These cakes are best eaten on day of making.

Notes

For this recipe you'll need 12 individual mini-loaf tins measuring 8cm x 5cm each, or 2 trays of 8 such holes each (you won't use all the holes), available from select kitchenware shops. Meyer lemons are sweeter than other lemons. If unavailable, substitute any other type of lemon.

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