Cake
Italian Lemon Cake
4.3 / 5 from 3 reviews
Serves: about 10 people. Portion size: about 90g per person. Nutrition is estimated per 100g of finished product.
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Estimated Nutrition (per 100g finished recipe)
- Calories
- 337 kcal
- Protein
- 5.8 g
- Carbohydrate
- 43.2 g
- of which sugars
- 25.9 g
- Fat
- 15.2 g
- of which saturates
- 2.8 g
- Fibre
- 1 g
- Salt
- 0.36 g
Ingredients
- 220g plain flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 180g caster sugar
- 3 eggs
- 120ml olive oil
- 150g Greek yogurt
- 2 lemons, zested and juiced
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 80g icing sugar
Method
Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and line a 20cm cake tin.
Whisk the eggs and sugar until pale, then whisk in olive oil, yogurt, lemon zest, lemon juice, and vanilla.
Fold in the flour and baking powder.
Bake for 35-40 minutes until risen and a skewer comes out clean.
Mix icing sugar with lemon juice to make a thin glaze and spoon over the cooled cake.
Reviews
Good flavour overall, though I would add a little more seasoning next time.
Steve 2This tasted fresh and satisfying without feeling complicated. A keeper for me.
Steven BarlowNice result. I might reduce the richness a touch next time, but the recipe works well.
John Redwood