Lemoncello Yogurt Cake
This Limoncello Cake is a lemon lover's dream! A basic yogurt cake that's jazzed up with Limoncello and a new technique for adding even more lemon flavor - making this Limoncello cake recipe one you'll be making all year long!
Servings: 10 servings
Calories: 267kcal
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups flour
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- ¾ tsp. salt
- 1 cup sugar
- zest of 1 lemon
- ¾ cup plain greek yogurt I used 2% Fage yogurt
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 2 large eggs
- 1 Tbsp. lemoncello optional
Instructions
- Pre heat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease an 8 x 4 loaf pan and set aside. Place the sugar in a medium bowl. Zest the lemon over the sugar. With a spoon, stir the lemon zest into the sugar and continue to stir until the sugar is moist. Set aside. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt and stir to combine. In a large bowl combine the yogurt, vegetable oil, eggs and lemoncello if using. Stir in the sugar.Fold the flour mixture into the yogurt mixture and stir until just combined. Pour into the prepared loaf pan and bake for 50-55 minutes or until a tester inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool on a rack.
Nutrition
Calories: 267kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 33mg | Sodium: 162mg | Potassium: 152mg | Fiber: 0g | Sugar: 21g | Vitamin A: 45IU | Calcium: 67mg | Iron: 1.1mg