Lemon Yoghurt Cake

Hi guys!


Summer has really started to kick in so I wanted to bake something with a refreshing touch for the weekend. I skimmed through a few books and found this recipe for a lemon yoghurt cake in Donna Hay's "fast, fresh, simple". As it has been featured on the accompanying tv series, I turned to watch the video and instantly liked the simplicity. 


Here's the link to the recipe:
http://www.lifestylefood.com.au/recipes/15185/lemon-yoghurt-cake


And here's how mine turned out:

The cake is super easy to bake. All you have to do is:


1) Whisk together the vegetable oil, yoghurt, superfine sugar, lemon juice, lemon rind and eggs.


2) Sift in flour and baking powder (1 teaspoon) and stir until smooth and combined.


3) Grease a baking tin and dust with flour. Bake for 35 minutes (I needed 45 minutes until a skewer came out clean).


4) Prepare the icing and pour it over the warm cake. 


Active preparation time: 10 minutes; total preparation time: about 1 hour


A few tips and changes:
My german version of the book lists 1 teaspoon baking powder as an additional ingredient as we don't get self-raising flour. I always make sure my tins are greased and dusted with flour as I find that sometimes, even though I have greased the tin, it stays difficult to get the cake out and you risk ending up with a cake that tastes delicious but does not look like that anymore, because it wouldn't slip out of the tin. 
It is important you let the cake rest for about 10 minutes before turning it onto a cooling rack for icing. What would happen if you tried turning the cake straight from the oven is it might break, because the warmth adds instability. The cake is going to be warm enough for icing after 10 minutes, but you don't risk breaking it.


The recipe is special, because you have to pour the icing over the cake while it's still warm. The lemon juice soaks into the cake and the sugar stays nice and crunchy. Make sure you don't stir the icing too much, you should just combine the lemon juice and sugar, otherwise the sugar will dissolve in the lemon juice and you'll loose the crunch.


I love this recipe because the cake has a refreshing taste and the icing adds a special twist to it, because it differs from the usual icing sugar-lemon juice-mixture. 

Have fun trying and enjoy the sun!