Lemon Syrup Cake

Slice Lemon Syrup Cake

Lemon flavoured cakes and desserts are very popular, the fresh zingy flavour is beautiful anytime of day and this Lemon Syrup Cake recipe is so easy it is made in one bowl so there is also less clean up. Donna Hay shared this recipe a while back in a Sunday magazine, it is delicious has a light texture and is perfect for afternoon tea or served warm as a dessert.

Ingredients for Lemon Syrup Cake
Lemon Syrup Cake ingredients

It can easily be made dairy free by replacing the Greek yoghurt with coconut yoghurt and gluten free by replacing the regular flour with gluten free flour and almond meal/flour.

 

Slice of Lemon Syrup Cake on a plate

Lemon Syrup Cake

Lemon cake with lemon syrup topping
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Course Baking
Servings 10

Ingredients
  

  • 2 Eggs
  • 3/4 Cup Vegetable Oil
  • 1 Lemon, finely grated rind
  • 1/4 Cup Lemon juice
  • 1 Cup Greek yoghurt
  • 1 3/4 Cup Castor sugar
  • 2 Cups Self Raising Flour

Lemon Syrup Icing

  • 1/3 Cup White Sugar
  • 1/3 Cup Lemon Juice

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 160C
  • In a large bowl place the oil, eggs, lemon zest, sugar, yoghurt and lemon juice, whisk to combine.
    Wet Ingredients Lemon Syrup Cake
  • Sift in the flour and stir until smooth.
    Lemon Syrup Cake batter in bowl
  • Pour into a well greased large bundt tin or ring tin. (I use a silicone mould which doesn't need greasing)
    Uncooked Lemon Syrup Cake in Tin
  • Bake for 20 minutes, reduce temperature to 150C and cook a further 30-40 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the cake comes out clean.
  • Remove cake from oven and leave cake in tin to cool for 15 minutes.
    Cooked Lemon syrup cake in tin
  • Combine extra sugar and lemon juice in a small bowl or jug.
    Lemon Syrup
  • Remove cake from the tin and put onto a cake plate.
  • While the cake is still hot spoon over the the sugar and juice mixture.
    Whole Lemon Syrup Cake
  • Serve with thick cream.
    Slice Lemon Syrup Cake

Notes

Replacing the regular flour with equal parts gluten free flour and almond meal/flour works well and replacing yoghurt with coconut yoghurt easily makes this cake gluten and dairy free.
You could make the cake with any citrus or a mixture if you like, lime, orange, mandarin etc.  
This cake is delicious served with a dollop of lemon curd and thick cream.
Keyword Cake, Lemon, Lemon Cake, Syrup Cake

2 thoughts on “Lemon Syrup Cake

  1. Georgia says:

    5 stars
    Absolutely delicious. It’s like a moist lemon sponge and perfect with lemon drizzle and cream as suggested by Wendy. Thank you for your wonderful recipe.

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