Lemon Yogurt Cake

I love this lemon yogurt cake! It’s moist, slightly dense from the yogurt in the cake batter but also delicate, slightly tangy and bursting with yummy lemon flavor. The topping is a lemon whipped cream and yogurt mixture that is fluffy and delicious. It’s the perfect cake for any lemon lover.

I think this is the perfect spring or summer cake with the bright lemon flavors and light topping. Serve it cold and it’s the best!

This cake can be made in a cake pan or in a bread pan. If you bake it in a bread pan then it takes on a little bit of a pound cake likeness. It takes a little longer to bake it in a bread pan versus a cake pan but it’s great either way you bake it.

What you need to make this lemon yogurt cake: (printable recipe card below)

Makes 1 – 8 x 8 cake or 1 bread pan loaf cake

• 4 ounces lemon yogurt
• lemon zest from 2 lemons
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1/2 cup salted butter – melted
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 cup milk
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups flour

For the topping:

• 3/4 cup whipping cream
• 3 tablespoon powdered sugar
• pinch of salt
• 4 ounces lemon yogurt
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
2. In a mixing bowl, add lemon yogurt, lemon zest, lemon juice, butter and sugar and mix together.
3. Add the egg and milk then mix well again.
4. Add the baking powder, salt and flour and mix until a thick batter forms.
5. Grease an 8 x 8 baking dish or a bread pan and add batter.
6. Bake the 8 x 8 roughly 30 minutes or if using a bread pan, bake for roughly 1 hour and 10 minutes or until the center of the bread feels baked.

Here are a few other lemon recipes you may also enjoy:

Lemon Blueberry Poppy Seed Salad
Buttermilk Lemon Cupcakes or Cake
Golden Beet Lemon and Pistachio Salad

Print Recipe

5 from 1 vote

Lemon Yogurt Cake

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Cook Time30 minutes mins

Course: cake, Dessert

Cuisine: cake, Dessert

Keyword: Cake, Dessert, Lemon

Servings: 1 cake

Ingredients

• 4 ounces lemon yogurt
• lemon zest from 2 lemons
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1/2 cup salted butter – melted
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 cup milk
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups flour

For the topping:

• 3/4 cup whipping cream
• 3 tablespoon powdered sugar
• pinch of salt
• 4 ounces lemon yogurt
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 F.
• In a mixing bowl, add lemon yogurt, lemon zest, lemon juice, butter and sugar and mix together.
• Add the egg and milk then mix well again.
• Add the baking powder, salt and flour and mix until a thick batter forms.
• Grease an 8 x 8 baking dish or a bread pan and add batter.
• Bake the 8 x 8 roughly 30 minutes or if using a bread pan, bake for roughly 1 hour and 10 minutes or until the center of the bread feels baked.