Summer Cake
Printable Recipe
1 cup raspberries (fresh or frozen)
1 1/2 tsp sugar
1 1/2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup plain Greek yogurt
1 cup sugar
3 large eggs (room temp)
grated zest from 3 lemons
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup vegetable oil
For the sugar glaze:
the juice of 1 lemon
5 TBS sugar
For the Drizzle Icing:
1 cup sifted powdered sugar
2 TBS fresh lemon juice
Preheat the oven to 180*C/350*F/ gas mark 4. Butter a large loaf tin. Line with parchment paper and butter the paper. Set aside.
Heat raspberries and 1 1/2 tsp sugar in small pot or saucepan. Simmer for a few minutes, till berries are softened and juices have thickened to a glaze. Set aside to cool.
Bake for about 50 minutes, or until well risen and a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean. While it is baking, heat the lemon juice and sugar in the same pot/pan you cooked the berries in, to get that raspberry juice into the glaze. Heat till sugar dissolves completely.
Whisk the powdered sugar together with the lemon juice and drizzle over the top of the loaf. Allow to set. Cut into slices to serve.
Oh man oh man, I think I just might be brilliant!! This cake is tart and tangy and refreshing and summery. I need an ice cold glass of lemonade to go with it! I haven't had so much fun creating a recipe in years, I hope you like it as much as I do! And how perfect, it looks so pretty on my chickadee plate. :)
Note: the texture on this wasn't quite right the first time, I did some fiddling (baked 3 more lemon yogurt loaves!) re-read the original recipe, and discovered it needed GREEK yogurt! So mine looks kinda dense, but I changed the recipe and yours will be perfect, still moist and delicious but lighter :)
Once I make that lemon blueberry muffin recipe, I am so excited to make this one, too! Lemons and summer go perfectly together! I'm a little surprised you haven't done a lemon bar recipe yet! Ooooh, with various toppings, such as a blueberry or raspberry chunky syrup!
ReplyDeleteOh my that does look very good!! I do a Black Currant Drizzle Cake which is quite similar! Thanks for the nod! You're a star! xxoo
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