Lemon Yoghurt Syrup Cake

This delicious lemon cake is oh so tasty and will leave you wanting more! I made this cake recently in the late afternoon so some of the photos may be a little dark.
Lets get started.

For the cake you will need:
250g Butter, softened
3 Teaspoons of finely grated lemon rind
3/4 of a cup of caster sugar
3 Eggs
1 1/4 cups of plain Greek style yoghurt
1/4 Cup of lemon juice
1 1/2 Cups of self raising flour
1/2 Cup of plain flour

Preheat your oven to 180 degrees and generously grease a bunt or normal cake pan.
Measure out all of your ingredients into bowls and sift your flours together to make the process easier.
Beat the butter, lemon rind and sugar until light and fluffy and then add the eggs one at a time, beating after each addition.

Transfer the mixture into a large bowl.
Add half of the yoghurt and half of the lemon juice to the mixture. Mix well with a spatula.
Add half of the sifted flours and mix well. Then as the remaining yogurt and lemon juice and mix well.
Then as you would have guessed, add the remaining amount of flours and mix well.

Spread the batter into the pan and bake for about 40-50 minutes. Insert a skewer into the cake to see if it is ready and remove from the oven.
Leave to cool in the pan for 15 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack.

 

To make the scrumptious lemon syrup to drizzle over the cake you will need:

1/4 Cup of lemon juice

2/3 Cup of caster sugar

1/4 Cup of cold water

 

 

To make the syrup, combine the lemon juice, sugar and water in a small saucepan over a low heat. Stir for 2-3 minutes or until the sugar has dissolved.

Increase the heat to medium and bring to the boil. Then once bubbling, reduce the heat to low.

Simmer like this for 5 minutes or until thickened.

 

Decorate the cake with some extra lemon zest and pour over the lemon syrup. Serve with some extra Greek yoghurt and ice cream.

 

This cake is delicious and doesn't have an overly lemon taste which is great as I'm not a huge lemon fan. I hope you enjoy making this delicious cake!

 

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