Mar 16, 2012

Lemon Yogurt Cake

It has been a while since I posted a recipe here in this blog thanks to my laziness! I wanted to post some baked item since it has been a really long time I posted one. I have been baking once in a while, but it has mostly been the regular banana bread, cookies and puffs. I made this lemon yogurt cake last week when I saw Ria's recipe. The cake turned out really moist and perfectly sweet with a little tanginess from the lemon and the freshness of the lemon zest. I made these with lemons I had grabbed from a neighbor's garden. Yes we are fortunate to have lemon and orange trees here in Southern California!


This recipe is a keeper and I definitely will be making this again..

Ingredients
    Recipe Source: Ria's Collection
    Unsalted butter, softened - 180 grams or 12 tablespoons
    Sugar - 1 1/4 cups
    Eggs - 3 whole and 1 egg yolk
    Juice and zest from 1 lemon/lime
    All purpose flour/Maida - 1 cup
    Whole wheat flour - 1/4 cup
    Baking powder - 1 teaspoon
    Baking soda - 1/2 teaspoon
    Yogurt - 5 tablespoon
    Salt - 1/2 teaspoon



Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 180C or 350F.
  2. Butter and flour a 9 inch baking tin.
  3. In a mixing bowl, whisk together all the dry ingredients - the all purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
  4. In another mixing bowl, beat together the butter and sugar until creamy, for about 2 minutes.
  5. Add the eggs one by one and continue beating.
  6. Add the lemon juice and the zest and combine.
  7. Then add the prepared flour mix and beat together well until mixed thoroughly.
  8. Finally add the yogurt and beat for a minute. The batter is now ready.
  9. Pour the prepared batter into the prepared tin and bake for about 60 minutes. A toothpick or skewer inserted should come out clean.
  10. Allow the cake to cool down before removing from the pan and slicing.


Enjoy!


57 comments:

  1. Wonderful! I also make a lemon yogurt with blueberries. I love the moistness yogurt adds and you need less butter with it. Yours looks great!

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  2. A very humble cake with wonderful texture.. certainly a keeper ..

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  3. Saw the thumbnail on FB and had to come here - love the simple cake and the wonderful texture. I'm just having my cup of coffee and wishing I had a slice of this to go with.

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  4. wow!!cake looks really moist and fluffy...

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  5. Good one! The flavors of lemon and the creaminess of yogurt would have been awesome!

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  6. Hi Divya,

    Thanks for the recipe.. I tried it today and came out awesome.Keep up the good work.

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  7. Cake looks gorgeous,...happy weekend,

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  8. The Cake looks very soft Divya, Bookmarked it..

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  9. im gonna make ths for mothers day....tq 4 d recipe....

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  10. wat a lovely cake, Divya...thanks for sharing the recipe...;)

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  11. I am going to try it soon. I am thinking about substituting lemon with orange for a orange cake?? :) How does it sound?

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  13. I make Yogurt cake but with oil, looks great. How r u gal?

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    1. the cake looks super moist & yummy! cant wait to try it out

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  14. This looks so delicious. I do love a lemon dessert at this time of year. I think I'll try it for the big Easter dinner, perhaps with a raspberry sauce... Thanks for the great idea!

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  15. The cake looks awesome! I'm loving the feedbacks! :) Thanks for baking my cake, Divya!

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  16. yummy cake. i have bookmarked this too..

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  17. awesome spongy soft cake. let me try it out eggless version.

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  18. Scrumptious lemon yogurt cake dear. Very moist and light.

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  20. My mom and I decided that we are totally going to make this! Looks so good :)

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  24. awesome spongy soft cake. let me try it out eggless version.

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  25. Wow..The cake sounds too delicious..I should give a try,since i luv plain cake..

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  26. Looks absolutely delish! Yogurt and lemon together sounds so good I must must try this!

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  27. this is the 7th time im visiting ur blog and no updates.. everything kk Divya..???
    expecting new recipes like this utterly delicious lemon cake :)

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  28. the cake looks soo tempting. really lovely.

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  29. Simple, plain and defintely looks good. Am going to try this out!
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  39. Hi Divya,

    I remember drooling at the cake at ria`s page and its nice that you have tried and tested it....It must be amazing living in California getting lemons, cementines and oranges all year round!!!

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