Lemon Yogurt Cake Recipe French Lemon Yogurt Cake Recipe

Tips & Tricks

Don’t over mix the batter. Else cake will turn dense. You can bake the cake in a loaf pan too. The glaze is optional but it really adds intense lemon flavour and keeps the cake moist. Yogurt can be substituted with sour cream too.

About Lemon Yogurt Cake Recipe

Lemon yogurt cake is a very popular french inspired cake. This is not the cake loaded with frosting and all. A plain basic cake with the perfect crumbs and mild lemon taste. Yogurt is a wonderful addition to the cake to create moist crumbs in cakes. The lemon added in the cake not only provides a wonderful lemon taste and flavour to the cake but keeps the cake moist for longer. Lemon also adds a tang to the cake which balance the whole taste of the cake. The combination of lemon and yogurt works magic in this cake and creates a lovely soft and light texture in this cake. I really enjoy it so much.

Lemon Yogurt Cake Ingredients

All Purpose Flour - flour or maida is used in this cake. Wheat flour can make the cake dense so it is best to use plain flour. You can also try half plain flour and half wheat flour. Baking Powder - baking powder is the raising ingredient in this cake. Baking soda is completely different than baking powder so it cannot be substituted. Salt - salt balance the over all taste. Plain Yogurt - yogurt adds a nice tang in the cake. Also it makes the cake so moist and tender. Check my homemade yogurt Sugar - it is totally for the sweetness. I think 1 cup is perfect in this recipe. Eggs - eggs are another important ingredient and it cannot be substituted. It may affect the overall texture of the cake. Lemon Zest - provides a mild lemony aroma to the cake. Lemon skin has much more flavour of lemon than the juice. So it is important for the cake and it compliments the lemon juice added in the icing / glaze. Oil - I used vegetable oil in this cake. You can use melted butter but I prefer flavourless oil like vegetable oil, refined oil or canola oil. Olive oil may be a little stronger in the cake but if you prefer that you can use it. Pin You can easily make this cake as orange yogurt cake, instead of lemon zest add orange zest and in the icing, add orange juice for lemon juice. You can even skip the icing part, but i suggest you to make it since it adds an extra moistness in this cake.

How to Make Lemon Yogurt Cake

Preheat oven to 180 degree C (356 degree F). Grease a 8 inch round pan with oil and sprinkle flour all over it. Coat on all sides and tap off the excess.

Now take flour, baking powder, salt in a bowl and whisk till combined. Set aside. Take yogurt, sugar, oil, lemon zest and eggs in a bowl and whisk well. Add in flour in it and fold gently. Dont over mix. Spoon this into the baking pan and bake for 30 to 40 mins. Insert a toothpick to check whether the cake is done or not. Now remove it from oven and let it cool in the tin for 10 mins. Now ease the sides and invert it. Cool it down. When the cake is cooling, make icing by mixing up icing sugar and lemon juice. Pour this over the warm cake and slice and serve.

Lemon Glaze for the cakes

Make icing by mixing up icing sugar and lemon juice. Pour this over the warm cake and slice and serve. Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you. If you have any questions not covered in this post and if you need help, leave me a comment or mail me @[email protected] and I’ll help as soon as I can. Follow me on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest ,Youtube and Twitter for more Yummy Tummy inspiration.