Comments on: Olive Oil Cakes with Lemon and Thyme

By: Kathy Hampton

Kathy Hampton — Tue, 14 May 2013 23:00:03 +0000

Love these! I make the glaze a bit thinner and drizzle it on right out of the oven while still in the muffin pan. Let it soak into the muffins before removing. OMG! SO GOOD!

By: Kathy Hampton

Kathy Hampton — Tue, 14 May 2013 22:58:48 +0000

OMG! I love these cupcakes/muffins. I usually make my glaze a bit thinner and drizzle it on the muffins fresh out of the oven BEFORE I take them out of the muffin pan. Let the glaze soak in . . . WOW! SO GOOD!

By: littleladylones

littleladylones — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:56:03 +0000

Make. These. Now. I promise they won’t dissapoint! I didn’t use as much glaze, and they could stand alone without it.

By: wainblatrobert

wainblatrobert — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:12:55 +0000

great recipe and who would’ve thought of adding thyme to a desert?! The only change I made was add a few drops of lemon essential oils in the batter to bring out the flavor more.

By: jevans

jevans — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 12:15:35 +0000

Yum Yum Yum! I used onceuponafarm’s idea with the lavendar. Yum! I also sprinkled some cilantro on a couple–jury is still out on those. I think I like it. And as usual for me, I over-blended and ended up with domes. Oh well. They are just for me & hubs so domes are ok. Instead of the glaze, I spooned the fresh lemon juice on top. I like the tangy-ness Thank you for the recipe!! I’ll definetly make them again and try to not over-blend

By: jerobinso

jerobinso — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 23:07:52 +0000

I just made these, and they are very nice- sweet and a bit savory. I didn’t have thyme, but I used rosemary instead.
A word of warning though: I made these in a blender with a spout on the side (to dispense contents), and all the sugar got stuck in the spout at the beginning and didn’t mix back in with the other ingredients. I didn’t find out until I cleaned up and the cakes were in the oven! The glaze made up for it, so all is well.

By: onceuponafarm

onceuponafarm — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:53:04 +0000

When I decided to make this recipe I didn’t have Thyme, so I used the mint from my garden instead. I couldn’t taste the mint but the taste of the lemon alone was delicious. I made this recipe 2 more times (without Thyme again) first substituting the lemon for lime, and then substituting the lemon for orange. Orange muffins and lime muffins– YUM!

The structure of the muffin is firm and not crumbly at all. You could probably substitute different citrus and herbs for some fun combinations.

(I’m thinking about making lavender-lemon muffins next time!)

By: jessmarie

jessmarie — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:38:51 +0000

I’ve made these several times, and they are delicious! I have found the glaze recipe makes much more than necessary and could probably be halved, but somehow I manage to finish most of it anyway…

By: avillella

avillella — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:26:48 +0000

Very yummy! These were fun to make too.

By: jul3

jul3 — Sat, 15 May 2010 16:34:26 +0000

I’m eating one right now… It was the first time I put olive oil in a cake, so I was curious to try it out. They turned out very tasty!