Italian Lemon Cake

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Italian lemon cake 

Ingredients: 

• 2 cups (250 grams) all purpose flour 
• 2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup (200 grams) granulated white sugar
• ¾ cup extra virgin olive oil
• ⅔ cup whole milk
• zest of one lemon
• ¼ cup lemon juice

A few notes on making this: 

• As always, use fresh lemon juice for this. Grate zest first, then juice the lemon. 
• Cover cake with foil in oven if it browns before fully baked.

Directions:

• Preheat the oven to 350ºF
  
• Use olive oil to coat the inside of an 8-inch round cake pan. Then dust with flour and tap out excess. Line with parchment paper.
  
• Whisk together flour, baking powder and salt. 
• In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment,  beat eggs and sugar together for 4 minutes on high speed until thick, light and creamy.
  
• Reduce the speed to medium and slowly drizzle in the extra virgin olive oil. 
• Add milk, lemon juice and lemon zest.
  
• With the electric mixer on low speed, spoon in the flour mixture, scraping the sides to make sure everything is incorporated.  
• Beat until just mixed—about 30 seconds to one minute. Don’t overmix! 
• Scrape in prepared baking pan and bake for 40-45 minutes or until risen, and browned on top. An inserted skewer should come out clean. 
• Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes in the pan before carefully turning out onto a wire rack to completely cool.
  
• Dust with powdered sugar to serve.