Lemon Cake with Manzanilla Olives
Ingredients
• Cake Flour – 1 ½ cups
• Almond flour - ¼ cup
• Salt - ¼ teaspoon
• Baking powder – 2 teaspoons
• Sugar – 1 cup
• Zest – 3 lemons
• Large eggs – 3ea
• Lemon juice - ¼ cup
• Crème fraiche – 1 cup
• Spanish EVOO - 2/3 cup
• Sliced Manzanilla olives - ½ cup
Directions
Powdered sugar for dusting Mix together flours, salt, and baking soda
In a separate bowl mix the eggs, sugar, and lemon zest together to ribbon stage
Mix in lemon juice and crème fraiche
Slowly add the olive oil
Fold the flour mixture and manzanilla olives into the egg mixture be carful not to over mix
Pour into a greased pan and bake at 375° check in 20 min, it’s done when you stick a toothpick in the center and it comes out clean
Remove from pan let it cool and dust with powdered sugar and cut into desired shapes.