Cuisinart FP-14DC manual Pound Cake with Pine Nuts and Olive Oil

Pound Cake with Pine Nuts and Olive Oil

This super-rich and moist pound cake works well as a simple dessert or to

serve anytime with a cup of tea or coffee..

nonstick cooking spray

¼cup toasted pine nuts

1²∕³	cups unbleached,
	all-purpose flour

¼cup cornmeal

½tablespoon baking powder

½teaspoon sea salt

¾cup (1½ sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature, cut into tablespoons

1cup granulated sugar

½teaspoon orange or lemon zest

4large eggs,

room temperature

¼cup olive oil

½tablespoon pure vanilla extract

Make one 9 x 5-inch loaf cake

Approximate preparation time: 20 minutes, plus 90 minutes for baking

Preheat oven to 325°F. Coat a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray.

Insert the large metal chopping blade into the medium work bowl of the Cuisinart® Food Processor. Add the pine nuts and pulse 2 to 3 times, then process until they are ground. Add the flour, cornmeal, baking powder and salt and process to sift, about 10 seconds. Remove work bowl and reserve.

Add the butter, sugar and zest to the large work bowl fitted with the large metal chopping blade; process until creamy, scraping the bowl as necessary. Combine the eggs, oil and extract together in a liquid measuring cup. With machine running, gradually add the egg mixture until incorporated. Add the dry ingredients evenly to the work bowl and pulse ingredients until just combined.

Pour batter into the prepared pan. Bake in the middle of the oven for 90 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.

Nutritional information per serving (12 servings):

Calories 308 (57% from fat) carb. 29g pro. 4g fat 20g sat. fat 8g chol. 110mg sod. 153mg calc. 21mg fiber 1g

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