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California Dreamin' King Cake

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Course Breakfast, Brunch, Dessert
Cuisine American
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.
Keyword Chardonnay, citrus pound cake, King cake, loaf cake, pound cake