Lemon Yogurt Poppy Seed Cake

By foodiva

Ingredients

• Ingredients for batter:
• 2 eggs, separated
• Pinch of salt
• 6 Tbsp white sugar
• 1 Tbsp baking powder
• 1 Tbsp poppy seed
• 1 cup + 1 Tbsp flour
• 1 Tbsp lemon juice
• 3 drops of edible lemon aroma (oil)
• 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
• 4 Tbsp yogurt
• 1 Tbsp butter, melted, unsalted
• Ingredients for the glaze:
• 1 Tbsp white sugar
• 1 cup yogurt
• 1 Tbsp gelatin or agar flakes
• Vanilla extract to taste

Details

Cooking time 20mins
Adapted from 2pots2cook.com

Preparation

Step 1

Instructions
Cut the baking paper to fit the bottom and the side of a baking dish. Butter the paper lightly.
In a bowl, mix all the dry cake ingredients.
In another bowl,  whisk the egg whites with the pinch of salt until foamy.
Preheat the oven to 356 F / 180 C.
Slowly add dry ingredients, yolks, lemon juice, lemon aroma, vanilla extract, butter and yogurt to have nice batter.
Pout the mixture into the baking dish.
Bake for approx. 20 minutes or until the toothpick comes out clean from the middle of the cake.
Let it cool and place it on the plate.
In a small pot, mix all the ingredients for the yogurt glaze and bring to boil.
Boil on medium heat for one minute and gently pour over the cake.
Garnish with poppy seeds and poppy flower.

Instructions