comment icon 175 more comments This just in: guess what I’ve made six times in the last two weeks? You’re looking at it. I officially belong to the elite club of people who could live off of lemon poppyseed zucchini bread FOREVER. Friends. You just take a minute right now and you drink in those virtual smells. Are you ready? The lemony oils with the coarse sugar. The spicy ginger. The lightly floral smell of the olive oil. The poppyseeds and all their cute little nuttiness. This is a bakery meets spa situation and I cannot get enough.
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Can we go to the food feelings zone for a second? Something about this cake is inherently soul-HEALING. And in the grey-meh-bleh days when you find yourself leaving for work and returning home all in a blur, and where everyone and everything is recovering from being either body-sick or heart-sick, and life can just feel hard, healing is good. Healing is very totally necessary. Making this cake requires just enough work to remind you that good food takes time. We’re grating zucchini and gently pressing out the water. We’re zesting lemons and slowing down to smell the little curls of zest along the way because YUM. We’re pressing our own olives to make… no, we’re not actually. Thank you, Store Bought Olive Oil. We’re just breathing in the olive oil as it drizzles into the batter. Is that allowed? With ONE FULL CUP of olive oil in there and a big handful of poppyseeds (why so expensive, little guys? I don’t understand it), this is less of a quick/easy/cheap situation and more of a love song to high quality, delicious ingredients. On a physical level, it is straight up aromatherapy. On an emotional level, it is lemon-loaded love.
UNUSUAL NOTE ABOUT THIS LEMON OLIVE OIL CAKE:
You know I love my sauces, toppings, and extras x10 on everything. But honestly, I’m here to tell you that this cake doesn’t need any butter, any honey, any glaze or frosting or any anything. (!!) That’s kind of a big deal. All this zucchini bread needs is you on the couch with a house that smells like a bakery + spa combo, holding a warm mug of dark coffee and a few (dozen) slices of this bread. ♡ We are so FEELIN IT.
More Sweet Breads To Love
Springy Blueberry Lemon Bread (all the bright, fresh flavors here) Super Moist Pumpkin Bread (a fall classic) Gooey Caramel Monkey Bread (with homemade caramel sauce = THE BEST)
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This recipe is part of our collection of easy zucchini recipes. Check it out! 4.8 from 41 reviews Source: This recipe was inspired by the ginger olive oil zucchini cake on Food 52.
