I was going through my picture archive and figured I forgot to post this delicious lemon cake recipe! This lemon cake was actually the result of having too many lemons lying around the kitchen after July's daring cooks challenge. Why? Because I didn't know 300g lemon is the weight of only 3 lemons! The label didn't state the weight and there wasn't a weighing machine. So I bought a bag (I think there were about 8 or 10 lemons).
Oh well, lemons are pretty versatile - love lemon & honey drink, hot or cold..yum yum. Foodgawker/ tastespotting searched for 'lemon cake' and came across this wonderful yogurt recipe. It uses Greek yogurt, olive oil and NO butter. Sounds relatively healthy and looks incredibly moist...and yes, the cake was indeed very light and moist. I added some thyme just to make it more interesting. I like my chicken with lemon and thyme. Cake? Why not? The thyme added a wonderful aroma to the cake and it was delicious.
Oh well, lemons are pretty versatile - love lemon & honey drink, hot or cold..yum yum. Foodgawker/ tastespotting searched for 'lemon cake' and came across this wonderful yogurt recipe. It uses Greek yogurt, olive oil and NO butter. Sounds relatively healthy and looks incredibly moist...and yes, the cake was indeed very light and moist. I added some thyme just to make it more interesting. I like my chicken with lemon and thyme. Cake? Why not? The thyme added a wonderful aroma to the cake and it was delicious.
Ingredients: 9-inch cake
Adapted from The Waitakere Redneck's Kitchen's recipe
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup caster sugar
- juice of 1 lemon
- zest of 1 lemon - grated
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 280g plain flour
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 1 cup Greek yogurt
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 2 tbs (more for decoration) thyme leaves only
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 180°C.
- Whisk together eggs and sugar until pale and creamy.
- Beat in lemon's juice, zest and vanilla extract.
- Sift together flour and baking powder in another mixing bowl.
- Fold sifted powder into egg mixture.
- Mix in Greek yogurt then olive oil.
- Stir in thyme leaves.
- Pour batter into lightly greased baking pan.
- Sprinkle some more thyme leaves for decorative purpose.
- Bake at 180°C for about 45 mins or until done. Check for doneness by inserting a toothpick in the middle, should come out clean if done.
- Leave to cool.
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Your cake look perfect! It's so tall and the crumb is so tender-looking. The thyme sounds delicious in this too.
Beautiful! This cake must have a fantastic flavor!
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Rosa
This cake looks so elegant, perfect for pairing with a light summer dinner. Also, I love the idea of using lemon and thyme together!
this sounds so good!! i love how it's sweet&savory at the same time.
Rustic looking, pretty cake!
The cake looks lovely! It must be delicious!
Lemon and thyme...always a favorite.
Beautiful cake! happy Weekends!
No butter? Wonderful... :)
Looks delicious!! Rosemary and lemon go great together.
Never know cake also can add in thyme, can't imagine how it will taste like..very creative idea..
I love the addition of thyme in this delicious looking cake! Lovely!
lemon, olive oil, yogurt, sounds so savory and sweet. nice balance.
Bet the cake smells divine with the thyme.
This is a very unusual cake recipe. Visually it looks wonderful.
Lemon and thyme is a favorite combo of mine and to have it in a baked good, delicious, and with greek yogurt over the top yummy! Looks fantastic!
This is such an interesting way of using thyme in cake. I am sure it smells great. Thanks for sharing this wonderful idea.
This cake looks so moist and light. Love the flavor combination as well!
What a fasncinating sounding cake! I made a Rosemary Loaf cake once nad it was delicious so I can really imagine how lovely and aromatic this would be :)
This is gorgeous!! I made some cupcakes with lemon & thyme a little while ago and it was such a great combo. I love the simplicity of this. :)
Sounds like delicious combo. Though I never put the two for my sweet dessert, it does sound very tempting.
This is my kind of cake! Not too sweet and lots of lemony goodness! Mmm! I could eat the for breakfast right now!
I love love the crumb on your cake! Beautiful photo too!
It looks so light and beautiful.
It looks so good!! I love lemon, I've got to bookmark to make!
Your cake is really aprt in the lovely combined flavours!!
I bet it is so refreshing a apart!
I love lemon and thyme so I know I would really enjoy this cake. Great photos!
I love cakes made with yoghurt - they're so light and fluffy. NEver had thyme in a cake before and can't imagine what it would taste like.
lovely! i'm all for using greek yogurt in cakes, and the thyme makes it so unique and decorative! i want to make it immediately, but with lime, if only so i can call it a rhyme time lime-thyme cake. :)
Beautiful! I love lemons.
I'm just watching them make an olive oil cake on Iron Chef right now.
What a lovely lemon cake! I really like your addition of thyme!
Interesting idea, I can see the thyme working really well in this recipe and I'm sure it added a lot of flavour. It certainly looks good!
I love the idea of adding thyme~ Especially since I have some in the garden~ Thanks!
Lovely! I love lemon and thyme together and they sounds truly delicious in a cake! Yum. :)
That looks phenomenal. I've had a few failed baking experiments as of late, so it's nice to see how cakes are supposed to look:-) I love the thyme/lemon combo with chicken too.
oh my this is SO beautiful! I love the addition of savoury herbs in baking :)
How could you have forgotten this beautiful cake??? Looks amazing!
Olive oil, lemon & thyme beatifully & delicately used.. I am book marking this.
Love this cake! Must be so aromatic and nice to the bite! Hope to try it someday.
Herbal yogurt cake looks scrumptious!
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Lemon cake infused with thyme, nice combo. I would like to make this :) nice pic!
The thyme is a great addition! well done!
It's amazing, and all I wanna do is try it out now
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