I love to have something tangy yet sweet from time to time and a Lemon Cake like this one, works very well for me in satisfying those cravings.
If you are like me, and enjoy a slight tart flavour in your sweet dishes, you should put your aprons on right away and get ready to bake, I am sure you wouldn’t wanna miss this one.
The texture of this cake is rich and dense, similar to a pound cake and it’s flavoured with lemon zest and a lemon-sugar glaze on top.
If a lemon glaze does not appeal to you as much, you could replace the topping with a Vanilla sugar glaze instead and it’ll be just as good. I promise!
I have been using this lemon cake recipe for quite a while now and I love that it always come out really well and delicious. So do try it out and let me know what you think about it in the comments below.
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minutesIngredients
3 large eggs
200gms butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 Tbsp yoghurt
1/4 cup milk (more, if required)
Lemon zest of 1 large lemon
Juice of half a lemon
1 ½ cup flour
½ Tsp baking powder
½ Tsp baking soda
½ Tsp salt
- For Lemon-Sugar Glaze
1 cup icing sugar
2-3 Tbsp Lemon Juice
Directions
- Preheat oven to 165°C and grease an 8×4 inch loaf pan with butter.
- In a mixing bowl, whisk up the eggs. Add in the butter and sugar and continue whisking it.
- Add the yoghurt, milk, lemon zest and lemon juice and whisk up. Don’t worry about the milk solids breaking, mixture doesn’t have to be completely smooth, just well blended.
- Stir in the dry ingredients: Flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt and mix in evenly.
- Add more milk if required, depending upon the texture of your batter. It has to be thick but also slightly pourable.
- Pour the batter in your loaf pan and bake for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Let it cool for 10 minutes after baking and then remove from pan.
- For the glaze, just mix together the sugar and lemon juice in a bowl using a fork and then pour over the cake.
- You can decorate the cake with lemon slices or lemon zest or just slice it right away and dig in!
Notes
- To make a Vanilla sugar glaze, just alternate the lemon juice with Milk and a Tsp of Vanilla extract.
