Today’s Lemon Yogurt Pound Cake was inspired by two things.
1. Sarah at 30 Cakes in 30 Days. Sarah is an American living in England. She loves baking and is currently documenting her experience making different cakes. Reading Sarah’s blog made me hungry for cake.
2. Stonyfield Farm Yogurt. Stonyfield Farm sent me a coupon the other day for a free 32 oz carton of yogurt. With food prices being what they are, I am thankful for any discount I can get! I used the yogurt coupon right away, then went to Stonyfield’s website to search for recipes. It was my first visit and I was amazed at how many different recipes they had in their collection. Most of the recipes are from readers, but some are from their test kitchen.
This particular cake was adapted from one off Stonyfield Farm's website. It’s an easy, extremely delicious, lemon pound cake with a tender crumb and a good crust. Here are a few tips for making good pound cake.
-- Sift the flour
-- Use room temperature ingredients
-- Use a stand mixer so you can do other things while creaming the butter and sugar
-- Weigh your flour. Too much will make it dry, too little might make the cake sink in the middle.
-- Use bake times as a suggestion only and go by smell and the wooden skewer test. If skewer comes out with moist crumbs, cake is ready. This cake was done in exactly 1 hour and 15 minutes.
-- Serve with whipped cream and fresh fruit. Pound cake is good, but I prefer dressing it up with something. It's a great blank canvas for showcasing fruits of the season. In fact, I think I'm going to go buy some blueberries to serve with this.
Recipe
Lemon Yogurt Pound Cake
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour 9 oz
- ¼ tsp. baking soda
- ¼ tsp. baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 12 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 ⅔ cups granulated sugar
- 4 large eggs room temperature
- 1 tsp. vanilla if using vanilla yogurt, use ¾
- ⅔ cup Stonyfield Farm plain or vanilla yogurt
- 3 Tbs. lemon juice
- 2 tsp. lemon peel grated
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spray a 9x5 loaf pan with flour-added cooking spray.
- Sift together flour, baking soda, and baking powder. Stir in the salt.
- Cream butter in large mixing bowl. Gradually add sugar, beat until light and fluffy (3-5 minutes). Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla.
- Mix together yogurt, lemon juice and lemon peel. Add dry ingredients and lemon mixture alternately to egg mixture, mixing until dry ingredients are just moistened. Pour batter into pan. Bake 1 hour 15 minutes until lightly brown.
- Cool 10 minutes on a rack before removing from pan.
Katherine
I made a couple of these for my 4th of July trifle. Super good! Dense, moist and a nice hint of lemon. Thanks for the "tips"... I will be making this cake again.
Louise
I'm so excited to discover this delicious sounding recipe. I just "whipped" up a new batch of yogurt. I was going to make/freeze some yogurt pancakes but oh my my Lemon Yogurt Pound Cake sounds so much more inviting.
Anna
I just cut a small piece for Todd. Like a lot of pound cakes, this one has a better (denser and smoother) texture after sitting around for a bit.
Lisa, I like loaf shaped cakes too. Tube pans and Bundts are good for big families are parties, but loaves are more practical. I gave half of this to a friend and saved the rest for us.
Lisa
Nice cake! I prefer to make it in a loaf pan like this one.
30cakesin30days
That looks delicious! I'm discovering that the best cakes have a little citrus zing in them. I will keep this recipe in my reserves.
Gina
My favorite pound cake tip is to toast it (in the toaster) or brown it in a (dry) saute' pan or even grill it before you top it with what you prefer. In the summer, grilled pound cake with grilled stone fruits is ideal. However you cook it, that carmelized butter and sugar flavor is to die for--perhaps literally. 😉
Erin Mylroie
Love the CareBear plate! Your toffee bars look really outstanding. I've been itching to try a lemon yogurt cake. The textue looks so dreamy.
Joe
One thing I have been doing since reading the tip from Dorie Greenspan is to rub any zest into the sugar (especially for these types of baked goods) instead of adding it near the end. The oils from the zest get better distributed and it seems to intensify the end result a bit.