If the success of a cake depends on how fast it all gets eaten then lets say this is the most successful cake I've ever made. I made it, had a delicious slice, went to work and came home to 3/4 of it missing! Everyone who tried it totally loved it. It's super moist and lemony and the rosemary is the perfect amount to give it a bit of an edge but nowhere near enough to think, hold on, what's all this rosemary doing in a CAKE? Also, best cake ever for those of you (poor things) who can't eat soy, just replace the soy milk for almond/rice/hemp/peanut milk and you're good to go!
So to make a big-ish cake, or a small one with two tiers, you'll need:
3 cups plain flour
1 tbsp fresh rosemary leaves (do you call them leaves? the leafy bits anyway, not the stalks)
2 tsps baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup olive oil
3/4 cup your choice of milk replacement, I used soy
1 tsp grated lemon zest
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
1/4 cup sunflower/canola oil
1 cup-ish icing/confectioners sugar
1 tbsp-ish lemon juice
Put all the dry ingredients (up to the sugar) into a bowl and mix. Get your tbsp of rosemary leaves together and finely chop. Just keep chopping until they're in tiny pieces then add to the flour mix.
Pour in the olive oil and milk replacement and beat into the dry stuff. It'll still be a little stiff so now add the sunflower or canola oil and beat until it's all thoroughly mixed (not all oily).
Add the lemon juice and zest and stir those in too.
Grease your cake pan with some soy margarine or cooking spray and pour in the batter. It hardly rises at all so don't worry if it seems too high up in the pan.
Bake for 25-30 minutes at 350F/Gas mark 4/180C, or until it's browned on top. Stick a knife or cocktail stick in at about 25 minutes and if it comes out clean, it's cooked.
Tip out of the pan and onto a wire rack or plate to cool.
For the icing, just sieve a cup or so of icing sugar into a bowl and slowly add the lemon juice until it's at the right consistency, you want it pretty runny, like this:
Wait until the cakes fully cooled, then pour the icing all over, it'll harden when it dries.
You could decorate it with a slice of lemon and some rosemary if you like too!
Chow down.
24 comments:
Sounds positively delicious to me! :)
I'm SO making this on sunday! My local bakery does lemaon orange and rosemary cakes, so this does not sound weird at all to me!
Delectable.
You just need to write me up a 7 days meal plan so I can start being fabulous like you. I'm clueless when it comes to this stuff. *pout*
Nomnomnom. I still have cupcakes in the fridge... should probably wait a bit to make this one... looks yuummy! I loooove lemon cakes!
Sounds a but weird, but I could totally see how those flavors would work. I bet it is delicous, it looks very yummy!
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Doesn't sound weird at all to me! rosemary is always good in baked goods! Can't wait to make this!
This looks so heavenly!
oooh yum. this looks fabulous! i love using herbs in baking, so much fun :)
wow everyones so positive about what I thought was a possibly weird pairing! Maybe next time I'll make something weirder, chocolate and chips? rice and icing?
Sounds fantastic to meeee! Weird cakes are the best.
Ohhhhh shizzzz it's that amazing lemony glazzzeee that i want to swwimmm in.
oh my your posts always make me hungry, the cookies look so delicious, I might have to go have a spoon of milo to combat my now sugar cravings x
this actually sounds quite delicious. i have some lemon olive oil that's too strong for my taste, maybe i can use it in this...
I bet that'd be flippin' delish!
Thank you for this recipe. I made it this afternoon and I am in love. This cake is absolutely heavenly and it was so easy to make.
Corinne I'm so happy to hear that!
Wonderful, It is very easy to prepare this cake, Also, it looks so tasty that now I want another slice, so delicious to be true.
Yum yum, I've had this in my bookmarks forever and finally remembered it when I got a bunch of fresh rosemary in my vegbox. Moist and lemony but would add more rosemary next time (or maybe try and infuse the rosemary with oil first?)Was a big hit with all my uni friends too,yay for sharing vegan deliciousness!
Thank you :)
Just to let you know I stumbled on your recipe via Google... made two cakes and EVERYONE thought it was delicious - many non-vegans included. I did mix orange, lemon and lime juice though, and also added orange syrup after I punctured some holes in top, then did the glazing a day later (used a bit more lemon juice than you state in your recipe). thank yoU! xxx
Glad you liked it! I flipping love it! <3<3
Another really amazing recipe. I've made this cake twice and used a strawberry-lemon glaze, rather than just lemon and it was a smashing success. Wonderful and unique flavors. Thank you again so much for another amazing recipe. :) Also, I saw Cute & Delicious blog as well as C'est La Vegan have created a dinner club here in Los Angeles, CA--anyhow, I saw pics on both blogs of the dessert featured at the first dinner and I am pretty darn sure it is your wonderful cake that was featured! Actually, it was those photos that finally inspired me to make it and I am so glad I did....as are the guests I fed it too. ;)
awww. You made my day!! so glad you liked it lovely! xxxxx
Just made this. Then ate waaay too much of it.
yay!
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