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Lemon & Yogurt Cake

Written by Published on Updated on May 25, 2019 in Uncategorized

So, we were back into winter mode this weekend 🙁  It started on Friday with the high winds coming in, and then we woke up on Saturday morning to snow…and the temps hitting a lovely -7.  I had to go out to pick up something and it was so ridiculously cold but freezing!!! brrrr hahahaha.  Yesterday, was still a cold day but at least there was sun 🙂 that’s it for the weather conditions in NL.. I really have had enough of the winter mode can we please switch to Spring Mode NOW!!!!!  🙂

I made this lemon cake recipe that was given to me by a dear friend of mine Martha who lives in Greece. Martha is so sweet, we were chatting the other day, and she mentioned that she would like to give me to a few of her recipes for my blog. One of the recipes is her Lemon Cake with yogurt, the minute I saw this I knew this is one recipe I had to try asap, because I love anything that has lemon in it. 🙂

I had to tweak this recipe a bit because the original recipe called for a specific kind of Phyllo Dough which doesn’t exist here, and I also tweaked it by adding  flour.  When it was finally ready I tired a piece…:)  I gave a few pieces to my close friend Lenneke (who is also my neighbor), my brother came by so gave him a few pieces…:)  The end result was a Lemon Cake with a lovely texture balanced with a very delicate taste. 

This recipe was a fabulous surprise.  🙂

LEMON & YOGURT CAKE

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Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup Yogurt
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 1 1/2 cup All Purpose Flour
  • 1 cup Milk
  • 5 Eggs
  • 1/2 cup Lemon Juice
  • 1 tablespoon Vanilla Extract
  • 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon Baking Soda
  • 2 cups Butter melted cooled off
  • Zest from 2 Lemons
  • Powder Sugar

Instructions
 

  • In a large bowl combine dry ingredients, flour, baking power, baking soda, sugar.
  • Blend ingredients thoroughly.
  • Continue by adding yogurt.
  • Add lemon zest.
  • and all the remaining ingredients, milk, butter, vanilla extract. ( the butter should not be hot it should be cooled off before adding it into the mix).
  • In a buttered baking pan add in the cake mix and bake at 180 degrees for 40-45 minutes.
  • Once cake has cooled off top with Power Sugar…

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Welcome to a small corner of my Greek Heritage. Growing up in New York from Greek parents, was a challenge of its own...but the traditional food, tastes and aromas that my mother cooked always travelled me back to Greece. My mother is a wonderful cook, our house would always have that smell of home cooked food. I remember very clearly that we were only allowed fast food, once a week, that was a huge day for myself and my brother. Jumping up and down in the back car seat, laughing, just being kids. It is true that we all like to eat different foods, taste, smell, even try food that looks different than our regular meals at home and I think that is so natural. In my teens, I was not really into cooking, I enjoyed my magazines after school, listening to music, and just taking a breather. There were times that I would glance at some of my mom's recipes, more out of curiosity than to actually try to cook them. At that time I did not realise that cooking would become my passion one day. Slowly, I would start to look into my mom's recipes a bit more each day and I started to find it interesting as a hobby. Each month I would go into our neighborhood bookstore and pick up my monthly book, until one day I decided to stroll over into the cooking section. That summer was the first time I actually bought a cooking magazine....and I loved it. Cooking and baking started out as a hobby, but now after many years it is my passion. Exploring the cuisines, the spices, the oils, the scents, the variety of smells and tastes that exist. It was and still is an amazing journey without limits. So, come along with me on this adventure, and I hope you enjoy my recipes. Sophie

32 Comments

  1. Megala
    March 19, 2018 at 11:08 am  ·  Reply

    Looks so delicious !

  2. foodzesty
    March 19, 2018 at 11:37 am  ·  Reply

    Thank you so much Ben…I hope all is well with you and your family..:)

  3. Plantsandbeyond
    March 19, 2018 at 1:36 pm  ·  Reply

    Great recipe, Sophie. So yummie

  4. Rini
    March 19, 2018 at 2:01 pm  ·  Reply

    I love lemon baked goods, especially cake. Looks delicious Sophie!

  5. dtills
    March 19, 2018 at 3:21 pm  ·  Reply

    I love to use yogurt to keep the cake from being dry! Looks like a keeper Sophie 💕

  6. readingwithjessica
    March 19, 2018 at 3:56 pm  ·  Reply

    This looks delicious!! I love me some lemon desserts <3

  7. Diana Tyler (Eccentric Muse)
    March 19, 2018 at 5:27 pm  ·  Reply

    Yummy! You make everything look so easy!

  8. awkwardwhale
    March 19, 2018 at 6:38 pm  ·  Reply

    Sounds really tasty, do you have a pic of the finished product? 🙂

  9. Italian Goodness
    March 19, 2018 at 6:42 pm  ·  Reply

    Looks like a perfect breakfast cake! yum!

  10. kasiawrites
    March 20, 2018 at 2:02 am  ·  Reply

    Wow that looks great! Butter and lemon! mmmmm 🙂

  11. Karin, theaustriandish
    March 20, 2018 at 8:48 am  ·  Reply

    That looks awesome, Sophie!

  12. a little Swiss, a little Canadian
    March 24, 2018 at 2:18 am  ·  Reply

    Love lemon cake! This looks amazing!😋

  13. amritkaurxx
    March 29, 2018 at 6:54 pm  ·  Reply

    I shall definitely give it a try!! looks yummy indeed!

  14. foodzesty
    April 3, 2018 at 8:11 am  ·  Reply

    Thank you so much for re blogging 🙂

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