Olive Oil Cake
Rocco Restaurant, Rochester
Thanks to Sandy Koon
Yield: 2 loaf pans

This is the olive oil cake that caught my attention first. Vog introduced me to it one day when we were having lunch at Rocco's and it was available (not always the case).

3 eggs
2¼ cup sugar
finely chopped fresh rosemary
zest of three lemons
2¼ cups flour
½ tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. baking soda
pinch of salt
1½ cups milk
1½ cups extra virgin olive oil

Beat together until creamy the eggs, sugar, rosemary and lemon zest. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Combine the milk and olive oil. Alternately add the wet and dry ingredients to the creamed sugar mixture until you have a smooth batter. Prepare two loaf pans - grease, flour and line the bottom with parchment paper. Bake the pans at 350o for aproximately 45 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. If you would like to serve it with lemon curd, Wilkin & Son makes a good one.
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