Pomegranate, olive oil & yogurt loaf cake

Name: Pomegranate, olive oil & yogurt loaf cake
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 120 ml olive oil, plus extra for greasing; 225 g caster sugar; 225 g plain flour; 2 tsp baking powder; ½ tsp fine sea salt; 2 large eggs; 100 g natural yogurt; 1 lemon, juice; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 pomegranate, seeds only; 200 g icing sugar

An easy yet impressive loaf cake made with yogurt and olive oil, then laced with pomegranate seeds. Earmark this Georgina Hayden recipe for the upcoming festive season.

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Vegetarian

Serves8
CourseCake
Prepare25 mins
Cook55 mins
Total time1 hr 20 mins

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Ingredients

120ml olive oil, plus extra for greasing
225g caster sugar
225g plain flour
2 tsp baking powder
½ tsp fine sea salt
2 large eggs
100g natural yogurt
1 lemon, juice
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 pomegranate, seeds only
200g icing sugar

Method

Preheat the oven to 180ºC, gas mark 4. Grease a 900g loaf tin with oil, then sprinkle in 25g caster sugar, tilting to evenly coat the inside.
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, remaining 200g caster sugar, the baking powder and salt. In a large jug or medium bowl, whisk together the olive oil, eggs, yogurt, ½ of the lemon juice and the vanilla. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and gently fold together, adding ¾ of the pomegranate seeds. Spoon into the prepared loaf tin and bake for 50-55 minutes until golden and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
Leave the cake to partially cool in the tin for 20 minutes. Meanwhile, put most of the remaining pomegranate seeds (reserve some to decorate) in a bowl with 1 tbsp water; mash with a fork or a potato masher. Sift the icing sugar into a separate mixing bowl, then strain in enough of the pomegranate juice and the remaining lemon juice to give a thick but spoonable pink icing. Turn the cake out onto a cooling rack and drizzle over the icing. Sprinkle over the reserved pomegranate seeds and leave to cool completely before serving.