Moist, decadent lemon cake made with Greek yogurt and soaked with a lemon-sugar mixture to make it extra moist and extra lemony! 
Lemon Yogurt Cake
I’m not going to lie, up until recently, I never liked lemon desserts.
I’m weird, right?
But since I made this Lemon Yogurt Cake, I’ve branched out. I made these 2-Ingredient Lemon Cupcakes, Lemon Angel Cake Roll, and this Strawberry Basil Lemonade.
About 3 months ago, I was in Arizona visiting my family. My sister took me to get lunch at a sandwich shop and insisted I try a lemon bar. I was totally against it.
I’ve always hated lemon stuff. Lemon meringue, lemon bars, lemon pie – you name it – hated it. But she said I HAD to try it because it was the BEST.
Guys. It was amazing. The heavens opened and angels rejoiced. I’m converted!!!
This lemon cake is absolutely wonderful. It’s soft, decadent and moist. It’s made using Greek yogurt but is also soaked with a lemon-sugar mixture so it’s extra moist and extra lemony. Add a little glaze on the top and you are in lemon heaven.
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Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup low-fat Greek yogurt
- 1/2 cup Truvia or 1 cup granulated sugar
- 3 large eggs
- zest from 2 lemons
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup coconut oil melted (or canola oil)
- 1/3 cup lemon juice
- 2 Tbsp. + 2 tsp. Truvia or1/3 cup granulated sugar
- powdered sugar
- water
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º F. Spray a 9x5 loaf pan with cooking spray; set aside.
- Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl.
- In another bowl, combine yogurt, Truvia, eggs, lemon zest and vanilla extract. Stir to combine. Slowly whisk in the flour mixture. Fold in coconut oil. Pour into prepared pan and bake for about 50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- While that's cooking, heat lemon juice and Truvia in a small saucepan until the sugar dissolves and the mixture turns clear. Set aside to cool.
- When cake is finished, let cool for 5 minutes. Poke the top of cake with toothpick several times and then pour the lemon-sugar mixture over the top of the cake. Set aside and let cool.
- When cake is cool and lemon-sugar mixture is all soaked in, lightly turn pan and gently remove cake onto a plate.
- Mix some powdered sugar in with a little bit of water and stir. Lightly drizzle over cake. Tastes great without the glaze! Cut into slices and serve. Enjoy!
Notes
Hi Jen! This cake looks beautiful and sounds so delicious! Thank you for putting this lovely shower together for Cathy and it will be fun to visit all of the amazing recipes! Pinning and hope you have a happy Friday!
Happy Friday to YOU Cindy! I can’t wait to make your macaroons! Thanks for doing this with me. Have a wonderful weekend!
Jen!!! I am completely overwhelmed and honored that you put this together for me….seriously the BEST way to wake up this morning!! I have always felt the same way about our lives – opposite but so similar 🙂 And you’re right….I absolutely adore this bread! Not only is it lemon, but it is glazed lemon (even better) and it looks amazing. Thank you, my friend!!
You DESERVE it Cathy!!!!! I am super happy to do this for you! Congrats on your soon-to-be little one! Also, just want to say every single last person I asked to do this shower for you said yes. That’s how much you’re loved in the blog world! 🙂 xo!
Lemons for Cathy; love it! I have always been a huge fan of lemon and citrus AND quick breads, so this is a dangerous combo around me. The thick slices look absolutely delicious! Pinning!
This is my very first lemon recipe, Mary Frances!! Are you proud of me?! If you search lemon on my blog you’ll find a lemonade jello and that’s IT! Super excited to be on the lemon bandwagon now! Thanks so much for the pin! xo!
So delicious! I need a slice with my morning coffee!
This sounds perfect, Jen! I would love a piece with my morning coffee! Thanks so much for putting this surprise together for Cathy! 🙂
I am a lemon-aholic, and that’s saying a lot because I ADORE chocolate too. The thought that this is SOAKED in lemon makes it sound so delicious. I can’t wait to try it! Y’all are such a sweet group of blog buddies!
Your cake is so gorgeous Jen. Thanks so much for putting this all together. Everyone’s recipes look so good!
Jen, this recipe looks so delicious…it looks so moist, I want to bite into it right now! I’m glad you decided to give this a try because it looks like you are awesome at it. Thanks for sharing!
That’s exactly how I realized I loved lemon desserts: by being given a lemon bar. OMGsogood. This bread is amazing Jen!
Yup… basically I need to go and make this now! Love the moistness of the cake with the greek yogurt and I am totally craving any and everything lemon right now. Pinned this Jen, gorgeous pics and thank you so much for being the awesome person you are and organizing this par-tay! 🙂
I’m lemon dessert convert like you Jen! This bread looks amazing!! Thank you so much for putting together Cathy’s shower!!
Thanks again Jen for putting together the shower – your cake looks so gorgeous and super moist! Love it! XO
This looks SO GOOD, Jen! I am addicted to anything lemon, and I don’t know if I’ve ever seen such a moist looking loaf of bread! Thanks again for coordinating this shower for Cathy…it’s been a blast!
Another lovely recipe, Jen. Thanks so much. Have a Great Weekend!
Oh my, this cake looks amazing Jen! What an awesome shower, and so much wonderful treats to check out. 🙂
This looks delicious!! can’t wait to give it is try!
Aww Jen! I am totally loving this virtual baby shower idea! So fantastic!
This lemon cake looks divine!! I can’t believe you didn’t like lemons! They are so bright and sunny and tart and just plain delicious!! Well, I’m glad you converted! The heavens certainly did open up for you! 🙂
The Greek yogurt in this cake must make it incredibly moist! I must make this soon! I’ve got lemons on my counter just waiting to made into this cake! 🙂
These look great! I love the use of healthier ingredients in these, and the glaze that is put on the cake when it comes out. This is definitely a good way to welcome in spring!
Thanks for the sweet comment, Kiley!! xo!
This sounds wonderful Jen! That glaze on top finishes it beautifully!
Thanks Lindsay!!
This cake looks so incredibly moist Jen! Perfection! Pinned 🙂
This looks tasty. I love Greek yogurt recipes. Tastes good and I get to squeeze at least some protein into lots of stuff that probably wouldn’t have it otherwise. And there appears to be no shortage of sweets for me on this site, definitely bookmarking
It works great if you sub half the flour with whole wheat minus one tablespoon replaced with cornstarch, and half oil half applesauce.
I made this today. I subbed 0% vanilla Greek yogurt and left out the vanilla. I used 3/4 cup sugar (and probably could have gotten away with 1/2 cup). Everything else was the same (except I used lemon juice instead of water to make the glaze).
Seriously, SO good, we all had 2nds. This was the first recipe I made using coconut oil and it was awesome!
YAY!!! Super happy to hear this! I love coconut oil now, and use it in most of my dessert recipes in place of butter. Thanks for taking the time to comment! xo!
Could I use sour cream instead of the yogurt? I have all the other ingredients on hand and don’t usually purchase greek yogurt.
Hi Kat! I haven’t tried it using sour cream but I can bet it would turn out good. Let me know if you try it and if it turns out yummy. Thanks!
Omg this is the best recipe ever!!!!!!!! First thing I ever made where everyone raved and raved. I doubled it but wished I quadrupled it! I did some subs….. 1/2 whole wheat flour , less sugar, and coconut unsweetened milk. I found my kids school treats and birthday treats for class!!!!!!!!!!!
Woohoo!!! I’m so happy you liked it! 🙂