Looking for a fool-proof lemon cake recipe? Search no more! This recipe uses Jalna Organic yoghurt to create a deliciously moist and fluffy lemon cake that will wow every time.
Ingredients:
Cake
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) for greasing cake tin
- 3 large eggs
- 100g honey
- 2 large lemons, finely zested and juiced (yield approx. 75g)
- 300g almond meal
- 100g desiccated coconut
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 300g Jalna Farm to Pot Vanilla yoghurt
- 100g EVOO
- Pinch of salt
Syrup
- 2 large lemons, strip zested and juiced (yield approx. 75g)
- 60g honey
- 2 tbsp water
Method
Cake
- Preheat oven to 160° Celsius. Line the base of a 20cm cake tin (not spring form as it may leak) with baking paper, and grease the sides.
- Whisk eggs, vanilla and honey with an electric mixer until fluffy, before adding lemon zest and juice and continue to beat for another 2 minutes.
- Add almond meal, baking powder, yoghurt, coconut and EVOO to bowl, and mix until thoroughly combined.
- Pour batter into the lined cake tin and place it into a baking dish with water half way up the sides.
- Bake for 45 minutes, or until lightly golden on top. If you notice your oven has a hot spot or cake is browning unevenly turn it around at this point.
- Cook for another 25-30 minutes at 180° Celsius, or until a skewer comes out clean.
- Remove cake from oven and let sit at room temperature.
Syrup
- Place lemon juice, zest, honey and water into a small saucepan and simmer over low heat for 5 mins.
- Poke holes all over cake and pour half the hot syrup over the cake, reserve zest.
- Allow cake to sit with syrup for up to 30 minutes.
- Turn out, upside onto serving platter. Serve with remaining zest and syrup.
- Serve with additional yoghurt or cream as desired.
