Olive Oil Pound Cake by Mrs. Maria Flora Monini

Ingredients

• 4 eggs

• 6oz plain yogurt

• 2 1/4 cups sugar

• 3 cups all-purpose flour

• 1/3 cup Monini Monocultivar Nocellara Extra Virgin Olive Oil

• 1 small pouch of dry yeast

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Instructions

Step 1
Preheat oven to 350°F.

Step 2
Mix yogurt, sugar, flour, and oil in a bowl with a wooden or silicone spatula.

Step 3
When nice and smooth, add the yeast and incorporate into the mix.

Step 4
Pour the mix in a baking classic round pan or a round Bundt pan (round pan with a hole in the middle), previously coated evenly with some olive oil.

Step 5
Make sure to leave enough room in the pan for the cake to rise during cooking.

Step 6
Place the baking pan in the oven and cook for 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the cake comes out dry.

Step 7
When cooked, carefully remove the cake from the pan by placing the serving dish on top of the pan and turn upside down.

Step 8
Let the cake cool and sprinkle confectionary sugar on top before serving.

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