Pair this sweet and tangy cake with your favorite warm beverage for the perfect, seasonal afternoon pick-me-up.
By Pallavi Gupta
Lemon-Glazed Yogurt and Almond Cake
- Total Time: 1 hour 10 mins
- Yield: 8 1x
Description
Pair this sweet and tangy cake with your favorite warm beverage for the perfect, seasonal afternoon pick-me-up.
Ingredients
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For the Cake
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 cup almond meal ( ground almonds)
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup plain yogurt
- 1/2 cup butter (room temperature)
- 3 eggs
- zest of one lemon
- 1/2 apple, peeled and finely chopped
For the glaze
- 1/4 cup confectioner’s sugar
- juice of half lemon
- a few tsp of milk
Instructions
For the cake
- Preheat the oven to 350 F. Oil and dust a round 9 inch cake pan and keep aside.
- In a bowl mix flour and baking powder & keep aside.
- In a large bowl cream together butter and sugar till the mixture becomes pale and fluffy.
- Add eggs one by one while continuing to whisk the mixture.
- Add yogurt & lemon zest and mix till well incorporated.
- Fold in the flour and almond meal & apple just till the batter comes together. Do not over mix at all.
- Pour into the baking pan and cover the surface with slivered almonds.
- Bake for 30 to 40 minutes or a sewer comes out clean upon inserting into the center of the cake.
- Cool the cake for 10 minutes in the pan.
- Transfer on a wire rack and drizzle with glaze once its a little cool. Cool completely before serving.
For the glaze
- In a bowl add all the ingredients and mix to form a lump free glaze.
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 55 mins
- Category: Baking
