tweak and nourish

A SURPRISE FOR A FRIEND: LEMON OLIVE OIL CAKE. When friends tell me about their favorite restaurants, I always ask what they order and their favorite dish. In one conversation with a friend, she mentioned how much she loves the lemon olive oil cake at Flower Child.

On a recent visit to drop off my quilt block (see last week's entry), I decided to surprise her with a lemon olive oil cake. I browsed recipes on Pinterest and did a Google search for the easiest one to prepare because I'm not good baker yet. I hope you notice the word "yet" because I believe there is potential. LOL. I lost count on the number of recipes I looked into that I got so overwhelmed. On the day of the visit, I presented my dilemma to my husband and he willingly agreed to bake the cake. I promised him that I will zest and juice all the lemons inside the bowl on our kitchen island.

Wow! I said this repeatedly after every bite. It was moist and tasted so lemony. It was better than Flower Child. I immediately asked my husband if he can make it again because I noticed him tweaking the recipe while he was baking and he didn't write down the changes he made. I hope he can capture the same taste and texture the next time he bakes. The taste takes me back to the Italian countryside.