French orange & lemon yogurt cake
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French orange & lemon cake |
French orange & lemon yogurt cake
A bit of rain this morning has halted my gardening/slash & burn regime for a day - so it was time for a bit of weekend baking instead. My recipe for French orange and lemon cake makes a light, citrussy cake - prepared in a just a few minutes. It uses fromage blanc - a fresh white cheese very similar to yogurt. I also used blood oranges as they are a seasonal favourite of mine - and add a lovely sharp bitter citrus flavour that I love. You can of course substitute any citrus fruit for this recipe and it would work just as well. Bon appetit and I hope you enjoy.
preparation time: 5-10 minutes
cooking time: 40-50 minutes
ingredients
1.5 cups plain white flour
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
0.5 cup oil
0.5 tsp salt
zest of 2 blood oranges & 1 lemon
juice of 1 lemon
2 tsp baking powder
0.75 cup natural yogurt/fromage blanc
method
- preheat the oven to Gas 5/350F and grease and line a 20cm square baking tin
- add the grated zest to the sugar in a bowl and whisk to thoroughly mix
- add the eggs, oil, lemon juice and fromage blanc and mix well
- in a separate bowl whisk the flour, salt and baking powder to aerate it before folding into the liquid mix
- pour into your prepared baking tin and bake for 40-50 minutes. It is cooked when risen, lightly golden and a skewer comes out clean.
- cool on a wire rack for 15-20 minutes before turning out.
- Leave to cool completely before cutting into slices and serving.
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French orange & lemon cake |
As recommended in The Guardian
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Mmmhmm, yummy, I think I need to bookmark this recipe for the next time I feel like baking cake!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much - let me know when you give it a go... Have a great week :)
DeleteWhat a lovely fresh and light cake. Just perfect for spring! Thanks for linking up.
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