Ingredients
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1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
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2 teaspoons baking powder
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1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
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1 cup plain yogurt
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1 1/3 cups sugar, divided
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2 teaspoons lemon zest, grated (zest of 2 lemons)
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1/2 cup vegetable oil
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1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
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1 cup confectioners' sugar
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1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
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3 extra-large eggs
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Grease an 8 1/2 by 4 1/4 by 2 1/2-inch loaf pan. Line the bottom with parchment paper. Grease and flour the pan.
- Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt into 1 bowl.
- In another bowl, whisk together the yogurt, 1 cup sugar, the eggs, lemon zest, and vanilla.
- Slowly whisk the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. With a rubber spatula, fold the vegetable oil into the batter, making sure it's all incorporated.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for about 50 minutes, or until a cake tester placed in the center of the loaf comes out clean.
- 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 is clear. Set the lemon syrup aside.
- When the cake is done, allow it to cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Carefully place on a baking rack over a sheet pan. While the cake is still warm, pour the lemon-sugar syrup over the cake and allow it to soak inches Cool.
- For the glaze, combine the confectioners' sugar and lemon juice and pour over the cake.