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    Home » Recipes » Cakes

    Lemon Rosemary Olive Oil Cake

    Published: Feb 20, 2013 · Updated: Aug 13, 2020 by Peter G · This post may contain affiliate links · 2 Comments

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    I'm always up for trying new things. Especially this lemon, rosemary, olive oil cake. It's fragrant with just the right texture.

    a cake on a cake stand sitting on top of a wooden box with a kitchen towel draped over it

    I'd seen this combo of rosemary and lemon incorporated into a cake for a number of years now. I did the obligatory bookmarking hoping to "cook it one day".

    So here I am a few years later with a recipe for this delightfully fragrant, rosemary cake made with semolina, olive oil and lemons.

    I know what you might be thinking. Olive oil, rosemary and lemons? Surely there's been a mistake.

    No. There's no mistake.

    In fact all the ingredients are quite complementary.

    a birds eye view of a sliced cake with a cup of tea and a knife next to it

    The fruitiness of the extra virgin olive oil marries beautifully with the acidity and fragrance of the lemons. And then there's the rosemary. Its pungent, woody aroma rounds out the rest of the cake perfectly.

    Remember I'm no stranger to using olive oil in cakes. One of my favourite cakes I've made here on the blog is my healthy olive oil cake.

    a cake on a cake stand sitting on top of a wooden box with a kitchen towel draped over it

    I also believe the original recipe calls for polenta. Of course I had none on hand so I substituted semolina.

    I'm assuming that by using polenta the cake would produce a "crumblier" texture. Using the semolina along with some almond flour made it slightly denser but still very moist.

    I also thought about addding a lemon syrup, like my revani cake but opted not to. It didn't need it.

    Dress it up with a fine dusting of icing sugar, pour yourself a cuppa and indulge in a wonderful, fragrant afternoon treat.

    a slice of lemon rosemary olive oil cake  served on a plate
    a cake on a cake stand sitting on top of a wooden box with a kitchen towel draped over it

    Lemon Rosemary Olive Oil Cake

    Author: Peter G
    A moist, fragrant cake made with rosemary, olive oil and lemons.
    5 from 2 votes
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    Prep Time 25 mins
    Cook Time 35 mins
    Total Time 1 hr
    Cuisine Mediterranean
    Servings 8 serves

    Ingredients
     
     

    • 1 cup semolina
    • 1 cup almond flour
    • 1 teaspoon baking powder
    • 1 pinch sea salt
    • 1 cup brown sugar
    • ¾ cup olive oil, extra virgin
    • 2 lemons, zest and juice
    • 3 eggs
    • 2 tablespoons rosemary, finely chopped
    • 1 tablespoon icing sugar , for garnish
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    Instructions
     

    • Preheat your oven to 180 deg C and grease and line a 23 cm cake tin. Set aside.
    • Combine the almond flour, semolina, baking powder and sea sat. Stir thoroughly, to remove any lumps and set aside.
    • In another bowl combine the brown sugar, olive oil, juice and zest, eggs and rosemary. Beat for a few mins on a low speed using a hand or stand mixer until the mixture is well incorporated and lighter in colour.
    • Fold through the semolina mixture until well incorporated and pour the batter into a cake tin. Bake for 30-35 mins (depending on your oven) or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
    • Leave the cake in the tin for 5 mins before removing it and letting it cool on a wire rack. Once cooled completely dust with icing sugar and serve.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1 serve | Calories: 475 kcal | Carbohydrates: 49 g | Protein: 8 g | Fat: 29 g | Saturated Fat: 4 g

    This website provides approximate nutrition information for convenience and as a courtesy only. Nutrition data is gathered primarily from the USDA Food Composition Database, whenever available, or otherwise other online calculators.

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    1. Audrey

      January 31, 2021 at 4:30 am

      Do you need to use half almond flour, or could you make this using all semolina? What’s the advantage of the almond flour?

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      • Peter G

        February 11, 2021 at 5:08 am

        I've never tried it using only semolina flour. I used a mixture originally to keep the cake moist.

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