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    Lemon yogurt sponge cake

    1:00 hour

    easy

    8

    It’s baking time. This is a lemon yogurt sponge cake.

    Smooth and moist. It has a good balance between sweetness and acidity.

    A nice bite, ideal with a cup of tea or coffee after lunchtime.

     

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    Ingredients

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    3 eggs
    125 grs natural yogurt (1 small pot)
    200 grs sieved flour
    15 grs dried yeast
    150 grs brown sugar
    80 ml sunflower or olive oil (and a bit extra to grease)
    A pinch of salt
    1 lemon
    Icing sugar for dusting or to make an icing

    Directions

    1.

    Get ready to bake

    Grease with oil or butter, and floured a round baking pan (24 cm) . Preheat oven to 180°C.
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    2.

    Mix the ingredients

    In a bowl, beat the eggs with the sugar until white, and then add the lemon zest and the yogurt. Now, add the flour with the yeast, and to finish, the oil. Use a hand or stand mixer preferably. Mix everything for a couple of minutes until you have a smooth and thin mixture.
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    3.

    Bake time

    Pour the mixture into the cake pan and bake for 30/40 minutes at 180°C. Introduce a stick and check if it comes out dry. Let stand 15 minutes before unmolding.
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    4.

    Ready to serve

    Let cool down and dust with icing sugar or drizzle with some lemon royal icing.
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    Notes

    -For the royal icing (no egg version): mix well 100 grs of icing sugar with the juice of a lemon.

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