Lemon Yogurt Loaf Cake (Gteau Au Yaourt) - Dessert for Two
This post may contain affiliate links.Please read our disclosure policy.When you need a break from mushy banana bread, make this! My Lemon Yogurt Loaf Cake is based on my other viral yogurt cake, but baked in a loaf pan for ease! The lemon glaze on top is optional, but I really think you should make it.
Because my regular yogurt cake went viral, I decided to make a loaf cake version of it.I feel like we’re all slightly more likely to make a loaf cake than a regular cake.Do you agree? A loaf pan feels familiar, because we frequently make eggless banana bread in it.
Or, in the summer, we make chocolate chip zucchini bread with it! But, today, we’re making a lemon yogurt loaf cake, also called Gâteau Au Yaourt in French.I had an orange-flavored loaf cake like this in Paris, and I’ll never forget the crumb texture.I know I sound insane when I say this, but I can tell when a baked good contains yogurt or sour cream because it tastes cool on your tongue.
Again, you don’t have to believe me when I say that, but just know that the addition of yogurt in a baked good makes a super soft tight crumbed cake.Ingredients This lemon yogurt loaf cake recipe is in the standard cups/ spoons measurements and by weight, in case you like to bake with a scale.Greek Yogurt.
We need 1/2 cup (100 grams) of full-fat plain Greek yogurt.I did not test this recipe with anything other than full-fat plain Greek yogurt, so please don’t ask me if you can use
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