So, if you like moist cake with a hint of lemon, do give this recipe a try.
Meanwhile, back to my experimenting and till the next update for more finding, have a slice...
I use lemon profusely for my baking & cooking. It's one item i always stock up. Lemon is a versatile fruit! To name a few usuage, I slice it, squeeze some juice for my favourite glass ice-lemon tea to fight the heat, crispy lemon chicken which is one dish my family likes or simply uses the rind for my lemony cake. Oh and not forgetting, to destroy the ants colonie in my kitchen!
Yes, i love any cake with a hint of lemon, it just perks me up! And if there's ever a hybrid of my favourite lemon & orange, that would be perfect!
♥ Jessie Zingiest Lemon Cake ♥
Ingredients:
150g Butter (room-temperature)
140g Sugar
2 large eggs
Finely grated Lemon rind from 2 lemons (set aside 1/4 to sprinkle top)
200g Self-Raising Flour
200ml Plain Yoghurt
1tbsp Lemon Juice
*i prefer my cake with light hint of lemon. If you prefer it stronger, add a little more
Method:
1. Grease and line bottom of 8" baking tin.
2. Preheat oven 175°C
3. Whisk butter and sugar till fluffy and pale in colour.
4. Add in lemon rind
5. Add in the beaten eggs gradually
6. Sieve in self-raising flour
7. Add in yoghurt and lemon juice, mix till combined
8. Pour batter in cake tin
9. Smoothen top and sprinkle the balance 1/4 lemon rind on top of batter
10. Baking time abt 40mins
♥ Jessie
wow.wonderful clicks. The lovely moist cakes is making me drool. I too have done it once with a recipe that came in Straits times.
ReplyDeleteTo me if u add more lemon zest other than the 2 mentioned here, the cake will become a bit bitter. zest of 2 lemon is perfect.
You have done it perfectly. No other perfect recipe other than this. Great dear.
Looks absolutely lovely! Both your cake, as well as the styling for the photos.
ReplyDeleteI like moist tangy lemon cake...esp. good with a pot of freshly brew tea!
ReplyDeleteI love to bake with yogurt and lemon, this is definitely my cup of tea.
ReplyDeleteLovely bake. Like both ur cake and presentation.
Looks fine & moist, can see thru the lemon zest in the cake and must be delicious.
ReplyDeleteLovely pictures and nice cake.
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ReplyDeleteI just try to bake the cake but it come out too wet and soft .Just to ask you stated add in the flour is we use hand or electric beater.
Tks
Lilian
Hi Hearty-Bakes, this cake looks perfect to me - moist and tangy!
ReplyDeleteLilian: probably you have under-bake your cake since you mentioned it was still wet. The cake will be moist but not wet. I used electric beater to whisk after adding the flour. HTH!
ReplyDeleteJessie, thanks for the tips! I never thought of fighting the ant colonies in my home! =)
ReplyDeleteI love citrusy stuff. Too bad, I can't stuff lemon into my mouth when it's on its own. As for orange, I'm so crazy for the fruit that I've gotta have it every day. I'm more of an orange than apple person. LOL! Both lemons and orange can always be found in my pantry, too. =)
Since you love lemons so much, have you gotten around to bake lemon bars? These are wicked, since we're all suckers for anything lemony. Hehehe ...
I like lemon cake, it's refreshing. Thanks for the recipe, will bake in near future. By the way, do you think will it be alright if I reduce the sugar to 100g?
ReplyDeleteHi PeiLin,
ReplyDeletesimilar here, i don't take lemon by itself, however, anybakes with citrus i simply loves it!
I have yet to bake lemon bars. That gaves me some inspiration to look out for the recipe and try it out. Thanks for suggesting!
Min: I think you can reduce it says 20g, i'm just afraid reduce too much may results a drier cake. I will give it a try next round and keep u update :)
ReplyDeleteI love lemon cakes. Yours looks very moist and delicious. thanks very much for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI made something similar some time back, cos I was trying to finish up a lemon yogurt glaze that I didn't use for another cake. So I just dumped a few stuff in, similar to yours and voila, a yummy fluffy cake came out.
ReplyDeleteBut one thing, mine didn't look at golden as yours. Yours is much much prettier.
Hi Jessie
ReplyDeleteMy cake was a total failure.. dont know why .. i've tried it 3 times so far and still didnt get the right texture.. sob sob
Rima, shall pop over and try to trouble shoot for u. Alternatively, u can email me the details for better problem finding.
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