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Lemon yoghurt cake

  • Serves 8
  • Prep time: 20 mins | Cooking time: 35-45 mins

This is a lovely cake to share with friends and family – impressive, yet easy.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Meadow Fresh Lovely Lemon Yoghurt

  • ½ cup Meadow Fresh Milk

  • ½ cup cooking oil (not olive)

  • 2 large eggs

  • 2 cups Edmonds self-raising flour

  • 1½ cups sugar

  • Pinch of salt

  • Icing Ingredients:

  • 1 cup icing sugar

  • 2 Tbsp softened Tararua butter

  • 2 Tbsp passionfruit syrup or lemon juice

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 160°C fan bake.

  2. Grease and paper line the base of a 21cm cake tin.

  3. Mix the yoghurt, milk, oil and eggs together in a bowl

  4. Place the flour, sugar and salt in a large bowl.

  5. Add wet mix to dry. Do not over mix.

  6. Bake for 35- 45 mins.

Passionfruit or lemon icing:

Place it all in a bowl and microwave for 10 seconds. Mix well. Add more passionfruit syrup/lemon if needed.

A little lemon zest can also be added. Ice cake while warm not hot.

Tip: Cooking times may vary with this cake depending on the oven. You want a little colour on top and a knife coming out cleanly from the centre with it is cooked.

Freezes well.