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This a greek version of the French yogurt cake. In the background there is sugar bowl, milk jar, coffee cup with nature in the background

Greek Yogurt Lemon Cake Recipe

Hello foodie friends,

I’ve been back baking again this week and wanted to share this Greek Yogurt Lemon Cake Recipe.  This Greek Yogurt Lemon Cake recipe is a great snack or dessert and has a delicious taste, made easy with a few simple ingredients.  Most Yogurt cake recipes have olive oil as one of the ingredients rather than butter.  They say that olive oil makes the cake lighter, I’m not really sure about that because I use Greek olive oil, and the cakes I make with olive oil turn out heavier.  Granted, it is a much healthier version than using butter when making cakes.  But it all depends on the olive oil you prefer to use when cooking.

I used Greek yogurt with 5% fat for this cake, now you can use whichever yogurt you prefer, Greek or Greek-style nonfat yogurt.  I’ve tried the Greek-style yogurt I’m not really crazy about the taste, it’s way too watery for me.  To give this Yogurt Lemon Cake a bit of a tangy taste I also added lemon zest to this cake.

The original Yogurt cake or Gâteau au yaourt, comes from France.  When I first came across this recipe I was surprised that a yogurt container was being used for measuring.  I thought that was brilliant because if we go way back in the day most of the small gadgets/utensils that we have in our kitchens today didn’t exist.  I thought about using a small yogurt container but unfortunately, I remembered that the Greek yogurt I bought this time around was in a larger one-kilo container.  You can dust the cake with powdered sugar if you wish and the next time I make this cake I will surely use a small yogurt container.

Have a great morning/afternoon/evening

Till next time 🙂

This a greek version of the French yogurt cake. In the background there is sugar bowl, milk jar, coffee cup with nature in the background

Greek Yogurt Lemon Cake Recipe

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An easy and quick delicious cake made with Greek yogurt and lemon zest for a tangy taste.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Course Cakes, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine French, Greek
Servings 6 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 4 eggs medium size
  • 1 ½ cups self-rising flour
  • 1 cup Greek yogurt 5% fat (optional)
  • 1 cup margarine room temp
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 whole lemon grated zest
  • powdered sugar optional

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 180c. In a large mixing bowl add margarine and sugar and beat until fluffy at high speed
    Room temp butter and sugar in a bowl
  • Fold into the batter the Greek yogurt,
    Greek yogurt with 5% fast in a measuring cup
  • the eggs
    whole eggs in a mixing bowl.
  • and the shifted self-rising flour.
    shifted all purpose flour
  • Beat on high speed for a few minutes, then add in the lemon zest. Give it a good quick stir.
    cake batter with lemon zest in a mixing bowl.
  • Place a piece of parchment paper into a tin cake loaf pan. Transfer the batter to the prepared pan and use a spatula to even out.
    Cake batter emptied onto a large sheet of parchment paper placed in a tin loaf cake mold.
  • Bake for 50 min or until golden brown. Dust with powdered sugar. Serve all day.
    This a greek version of the French yogurt cake. In the background there is sugar bowl, milk jar, coffee cup with nature in the background
Keyword cakes, Easy, Greek Yogurt

KALI OREXI!!

 

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