Recipe Box, California Dreamin’ King Cake

the Painted Apron

9 years ago

I dressed this cake up for Mardi Gras, but this magical cake knows no season

You can have it in the oven in less than 15 minutes, whipped up from things you have in your pantry and a little secret ingredient called Chardonnay 🙂

This Chardonnay and olive oil cake recipe came from Proud Italian Cook, and let me tell you, it is heaven

It has a light, almost spongy, texture and the citrus juices and zest awaken your senses with each luscious bite

The wine and the citrus took me immediately to my California days when citrus was always piled high in the kitchen and the refrigerator was stocked with cool California chards~ 😎

Prep your pan

Beat the eggs and add the sugar

then fold in the dry ingredients…

Pour into prepared pan

Bake for 30 minutes and test, do not over bake

Cool for 10 minutes and make glaze

Zest your lemon, lime and orange before cutting

Then add juice to powdered sugar and vanilla until desired consistency

Turn cake out onto a plate and drizzle with glaze

Sprinkle with zest and sparkling sugars

this recipe makes a lot of glaze, so save extra to drizzle over the slices when serving

California Dreamin’ King Cake

Course Breakfast, Brunch, Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword Chardonnay, citrus pound cake, King cake, loaf cake, pound cake

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 25

Servings 10

Equipment

loaf pan

Ingredients

Cake

3 eggs room temperature
1 1/4 cups sugar
1/3 cup quality extra virgin olive oil
1/3 cup quality Chardonnay*
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt

Glaze

2 cups powdered sugar
1 meyer lemon
1 lime
1 orange
1/2 tsp vanilla
sparkling sugars optional for garnish
citrus slices. optional for garnish

Instructions

Cake

Spray a loaf pan or bundt pan with Baker’s Joy, or grease liberally with butter and then flour. Preheat oven to 350.
Beat eggs with mixer and add sugar. Beat to blend. Slowly pour in oil and wine. Mix flour with salt and baking powder. Stir flour into wet mixture with a spoon until well blended. Pour into prepared pan. Bake for 30 minutes and test center with a toothpick. Do not over bake.
Cool cake 10 minutes in pan while you prepare the glaze. Invert cake onto plate. Spoon glaze overall and sprinkle with zest and sparkling sugars. Makes 1 cake, 10-12 servings
*use a Chardonnay that you enjoy drinking as it will affect the flavor

Glaze

Zest citrus and reserve. Put 1 cup of powdered sugar in a bowl or large measuring cup. Add vanilla and juice of 1 lemon, 1/2 lime, and 1/2 orange. Mixture will be thin. Stir in additional powdered sugar, 1/4 cup at a time until glaze is desired consistency.