# Lemon and Yogurt Cake

This is a simple lemon and yogurt cake recipe with five main ingredients that takes about five minutes of prep before baking.

- Total time: 65 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 0.5 cup oil
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup plain yogurt
- 2 eggs
- 3 zest of lemons
- 2 cups self-raising flour
- 1 pinch salt
- 3 juice of lemons
- 0.5 cup sugar

## Instructions

1. Whisk together the oil, sugar, yogurt, eggs, and lemon zest until combined.
2. Whisk in the self-raising flour and salt until just combined. Do not overmix.
3. Pour the batter into a greased and lined loaf pan or cake tin (21cm).
4. Bake at 170 degrees Celsius for around 40-50 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.
5. To make the optional syrup, combine the juice of the three lemons and 1/2 cup sugar in a pot.
6. Heat the syrup until the sugar has melted, then allow it to cool down for at least 5 minutes.
7. Once the cake has cooled down for about 5 minutes, pierce lots of holes in the cake.
8. Pour the syrup evenly over the cake.
9. Allow the cake to sit for at least 10 minutes for the syrup to soak in (longer is better if you have patience).
10. Lift the cake out of the pan using the baking paper.

## Equipment

- loaf pan
- cake tin
- pot
- skewer
- whisk

## Tips

- Do not overmix the batter.
- For a gluten-free cake, use gluten-free flour and 2 tsp baking powder, or ground almonds, 1 tbsp cornflour, and 2 tsp baking powder.
- For a dairy-free cake, use dairy-free yogurt or milk instead of yogurt.
- For a vegan cake, use grated apples instead of eggs and dairy-free yogurt.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1HABNiQ9p5/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/4bf3137a-6415-4c6a-bdbc-6e44323c8478
- Extracted: 2026-01-20

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