Everyday Gourmet Season 11 Episode 75: Pumpkin Seed Cake with Olive Oil & Lemon

This is off the charts yummy and so quick and easy to make, really lovely with a cuppa and those candied pumpkin seeds are a revelation! A great way to use olive oil in baking instead of butter as well!
Enjoy Daz x
Original recipe
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Recipe
Prep time 30 minutes
Cook time 20-25 minutes
Servings 8
Pumpkin Seed & Olive Oil Sponge
2 eggs
1 egg yolk
110g caster sugar
85ml milk
110g plain flour
15g baking powder
½ tsp cinnamon powder
100g pumpkin seeds, blitz to crumb
½ lemon zest
100ml extra virgin olive oil (light flavour)
Candied Pumpkin Seeds
100ml water
125g caster sugar
60g pumpkin seeds
Lemon Icing
120g icing mixture
1 tbsp lemon juice
Beat the eggs with the sugar and add the milk slowly. Add the sifted mixture of flour, cinnamon and baking powder, and carefully mix together. Fold in the pumpkin seeds. Finally add the oil, pouring it in a thin stream and then the lemon.
Pour the batter into a 20cm round springform cake tin lined with baking paper. Bake at 180°C for approximately 20-25 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow the cake to cool in the tin before removing the tin and baking paper.
For the candied pumpkin seeds; boil the water and the sugar together and stir to dissolve. Add the seeds and boil again for a further 1 minute. Strain off the excess syrup and place the drained seeds onto a baking tray lined with paper. Roast in an oven preheated to 180°C for 8-10 minutes until golden, dry and crunchy. Cool and reserve.
To prepare the lemon icing. Sieve the icing mixture into a bowl and add the lemon juice and mix to the correct consistency.
Finish the cake with icing, candied pumpkin seeds and grated lemon and serve.