Old Fashioned Lemon Scented Cake with a Sprinkling of Sugared Citrus Peel
 
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Ingredients
Step One
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 cup plain whole-milk yogurt
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3 extra-large eggs
  • 2 teaspoons grated lemon zest (2 lemons)
  • 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
Step Two
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1/3 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
Step Three (glaze)
  • 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
  • 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
  2. Step One
  3. Grease an 8x4x2” loaf pan. Place the pan on parchment paper and trace the bottom with a pencil. Cut out and lay in loaf pan. Then grease generously with butter. Shake flour into the pan to cover.
  4. In a medium bowl, sift the flour, baking powder, and salt.
  5. In another bowl, whisk together yogurt, one cup sugar, eggs, lemon zest, and vanilla.
  6. Gently whisk the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.
  7. Fold the vegetable oil into the batter, with a spatula until it’s all incorporated. It will look like it’s not mixing, but persist, it will all mix together. Just ensure you are folding gently, not stirring vigorously!
  8. Pour the batter into your prepared loaf pan and bake for about 50 minutes, or until a cake tester placed in the center of the loaf comes out clean.
  9. Step Two
  10. Meanwhile, cook the 1/3 cup lemon juice and remaining 1/3 cup sugar in a small pan until the sugar dissolves and the mixture becomes clear. Set aside.
  11. When the cake is done, allow it to cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Carefully remove the loaf, peel off the parchment paper then place on a baking rack that is on top of a plate (easier to clean up). While the cake is still warm, pour the lemon-sugar mixture over the cake and allow it to soak in. Let the cake cool.
  12. Step Three
  13. To glaze, mix the confectioners’ sugar and lemon juice and drizzle over the cake.
Recipe by Just a Smidgen at https://justasmidgen.com/2011/08/05/old-fashioned-lemon-scented-cake-with-a-sprinkling-of-sugared-citrus-peel/