Ingredients
LEMON
1
FLOUR 00
250 g
POWDERED SUGAR
200 g
EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL
100 ml
CASCADE
50 ml
BAKING YEAST FOR CAKES
16 grams
EGG
3
FOR FINISHING
POWDERED SUGAR to
taste
LEMON
1/2
Lemon bread is a typical Sicilian pastry dessert, perfect for dunking it for breakfast in a glass of hot milk or enjoying it as a snack with the whole family. It is a kind of plumcake, with a soft and pleasantly soft consistency, with an unmistakable citrus scent, very reminiscent of orange bread: another specialty of the island, traditionally prepared in winter.

To bring it to the table you will need a sweet and juicy lemon, to be cut into small pieces and mixed whole, including the pulp and zest: that’s why we suggest you buy it organic and untreated chemically, so you can taste it. without any fear, then the white part, slightly bitter. Once pureed, with a drop of water, just add it to a mixture of eggs, sugar, extra virgin olive oil, yeast and flour, then pour the resulting mixture in the appropriate rectangular mold and cook everything in the oven at a lower cost. more than 40 minutes. You will thus obtain a delicious and fragrant cake, to be cut into slices and served as a happy ending to a meal at the end of Sunday lunch.

Once ready, you can dust the dessert with a light coating of icing sugar, as we did, or you can cover it with lemon glaze, grated coconut or chopped almonds, to sprinkle on the surface before cooking. If you prefer, you can enrich the preparation with candied orange peel, chocolate chips, raisins soaked in rum or even with a small glass of limoncello, for an even more fragrant result.

Find out how to make Lemon Bread by following the step-by-step procedure and tips. If you liked this recipe, also try the lemon caprese or the lemon cream cake.

How to make lemon bread

Step 1
Rinse the lemon, dry it and cut it into small pieces
1
; then remove the seeds.

Step 2 Transfer the lemon to the mixing bowl, pour 2
water and mix everything well until pureed.

Step 3
Collect the eggs with the caster sugar in a bowl
3
and work with the electric mixers for a few minutes.

Step 4
Once you have a fluffy and frothy mixture, slowly pour in the extra virgin olive oil
4
.

Step 5
Incorporate the lemon puree
5
.

Step 6
Add the flour
6
, little by little.

Step 7
Finish with baking powder
7
and mix well with a spatula.

Step 8
Transfer the creamy and homogeneous paste obtained into a cake mold
8
, covered with parchment paper, and bake at 180°C for about 40 minutes. Once the cooking time has elapsed, take the cake out of the oven, let it cool and unmold it.

Step 9
Arrange the lemon bread on a serving plate, sprinkle with icing sugar, garnish with 1 lemon wedge and serve in slices.
9
.

storage
The lemon bread can be kept at room temperature, under a glass bell jar, for a maximum of 3 to 4 days.