Lemon Yoghurt Cake
Elena DugganIngredients:
Cake
- EVOO for greasing cake tin
- 3 lge Eggs
- 100g Honey
- 1 Vanilla bean, seeds only, or 1tsp vanilla paste
- 2lge Lemons, finely zested and juice (yield approx. 75g)
- 300g Almond meal
- 100g Desiccated coconut
- 1tsp Baking powder
- 300g Jalna Greek yoghurt (or thick coconut yoghurt for dairy free)
- 100g EVOO
- Pinch salt
Syrup
- 2lge Lemons, strip zested and juice (yield approx. 75g)
- 60g honey
- 2 Tbsp water
Method:
Cake
- Preheat oven to 160° Celsius. Line the base of a 20cm cake tin, not spring form as it may leak, with baking paper, and grease the sides with butter or coconut oil.
- Whisk eggs, vanilla and honey with an electric mixer until fluffy, before adding lemon zest and juice and continue to beat for another 2 minutes.
- Add almond meal, baking powder, yoghurt, coconut and EVOO to bowl, and mix until thoroughly combined.
- Pour batter into the lined cake tin and place it into a baking dish with water half way up the sides.
- Bake for 45 minutes, or until lightly golden on top. If you notice your oven has a hot spot or cake is browning unevenly turn it around at this point.
- Cook for another 25-30minutes at 180° Celsius, or until a skewer comes out clean.
- Remove cake from oven and let sit at room temperature.
Syrup
- Place lemon juice, zest, honey, and water into a small saucepan and simmer over low heat for 5 mins.
- Poke holes all over cake and pour half the hot syrup over the cake, reserve zest.
- Allow cake to sit with syrup for up to 30 minutes.
- Turn out, upside onto serving platter. Serve with remaining zest and syrup.
- Serve with additional yoghurt or cream as desired.
Health Notes:
- Gluten free
- Grain free
- Vegetarian
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