Classic Yogurt Cake

This easy yogurt cake, enhanced with lemon zest, might just become a classic recipe in your repertoire.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 60 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins
• Calories: 317 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup white sugar
• 3 eggs
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 cup plain yogurt
• 1 lemon, zested
• 1 teaspoon butter, or as needed
• 1.5 cups all-purpose flour
• 0.25 teaspoon salt
• 0.5 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 0.33333334326744 cup canola oil

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a metal loaf pan with butter.

Step 2

Whisk sugar and lemon zest together in a large bowl. Whisk in yogurt, eggs, oil, and vanilla extract until well blended.

Step 3

Mix flour, baking powder, and salt together in a separate bowl. Whisk into the yogurt mixture until just blended. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Invert cake onto a cooling rack and cool completely.