{"id":12574,"date":"2020-04-23T04:35:37","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T04:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/?p=12574"},"modified":"2022-12-08T14:47:19","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T14:47:19","slug":"almond-lemon-thyme-olive-oil-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/?p=12574","title":{"rendered":"Almond Lemon Thyme Olive Oil Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7615-758x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12677\" width=\"770\" height=\"1040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7615-758x1024.jpg 758w, https:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7615-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7615-768x1038.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7615-1137x1536.jpg 1137w, https:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7615.jpg 1516w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My love for California inspired Mediterranean flavors continues with this Almond Lemon Thyme Olive Oil Cake. What makes this cake Californian is the Meyer lemons, these lemons are unique to Northern California. They have thin skins that have intense lemon essence, lots of aromatic juice with a mild orange flavor. If you can&#8217;t find Meyer lemons regular lemons work just fine. Make sure you have good quality olive oil, I like <a href=\"https:\/\/californiaoliveranch.com\" class=\"aioseop-link\">CA Olive Ranch<\/a> for its grassy, fresh taste and its local made in California. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The beauty of this cake is it keeps well in an airtight container for about 10 days at least while developing its flavors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"669\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7220-669x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"12575\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7220.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/?attachment_id=12575\" class=\"wp-image-12575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7220-669x1024.jpg 669w, https:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7220-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7220-768x1176.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7220-1004x1536.jpg 1004w, https:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7220.jpg 1338w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"814\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7236-814x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"12578\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7236.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/?attachment_id=12578\" class=\"wp-image-12578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7236-814x1024.jpg 814w, https:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7236-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7236-768x967.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7236-1220x1536.jpg 1220w, https:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7236.jpg 1627w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 814px) 100vw, 814px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7226-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12576\" width=\"704\" height=\"1056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7226-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7226-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7226-768x1153.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7226-1023x1536.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7226.jpg 1364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Almond Lemon Thyme Olive Oil Cake, 10-12 slices<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>3 large eggs, pasture raised preferred<\/li><li>1\/2 cup maple syrup or local honey<\/li><li>1\/2 cup <a href=\"https:\/\/californiaoliveranch.com\" class=\"aioseop-link\">California Ranch E.V. Olive Oil<\/a><\/li><li>1 tablespoon lemon thyme leaves or regular thyme<\/li><li>1\/2 cup lemon juice + zest of the entire lemon about 1 heaped tablespoon<\/li><li>3 cups ground almond flour\/meal, sifted as much as possible<\/li><li>1 tablespoon baking powder<\/li><li>1 cup greek yogurt<\/li><li>1 teaspoon orange blossom water, optional<\/li><li>extra maple syrup to drizzle<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>INSTRUCTIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Heat the oven to 350\u00b0 F.<\/li><li>Grease and Line a 8-9 inch baking pan with parchment paper. <\/li><li>Mix the maple syrup or honey, lemon juice, eggs and whisk till well combined. Add lemon zest, thyme, olive oil,. Whisk further till its combined and creamy. <\/li><li>Add the almond meal, baking powder and mix again.   <\/li><li>Pour the mixture into the prepared baking pan and bake for 30-35 minutes or until its golden and skewer inserted comes clean. (<em>every oven is different so time may vary)<\/em>.<\/li><li>Cool the cake for 15 minutes before removing from the pan.<\/li><li>Mix orange blossom water a little maple to Spoon \u00bd &#8211; 1 cup of yogurt.<\/li><li>Spread it over the cooled cake. Cut into neat wedges and serve.  <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7617-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12678\" width=\"769\" height=\"961\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7617-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7617-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7617-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7617-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC_7617.jpg 1638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My love for California inspired Mediterranean flavors continues with this Almond Lemon Thyme Olive Oil Cake. What makes this cake Californian is the Meyer lemons, these lemons are unique to Northern California. They have thin skins that have intense lemon essence, lots of aromatic juice with a mild orange flavor. If you can&#8217;t find Meyer&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/?p=12574\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[333,1369,232,303],"tags":[281,282],"class_list":["post-12574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-american","category-cakes","category-mediterranean","category-spring","tag-cake","tag-olive-oil-dessert","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12574"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12790,"href":"https:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12574\/revisions\/12790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}