Olive Oil Cake

I am definitely a novice baker. For this weekend's practice I chose to make the Olive Oil Cake recipe that appeared in the September 2009 issue of bon appetit. I'll let this person be the copyright breaker. It is a simple recipe and I had everything on hand except for an orange to zest.

Here is what it looked like after cooling on a rack

and then sliced

I'm not sure if it supposed to get such a hard crust. To me this is more a loaf like pumpkin bread rather than cake. I won't quibble over names because the result was tasty. Time to stop writing and enjoy the Saturday afternoon treats!