Chocolate and Lemon Cake
Lemon cake with a dark chocolate topping, made with yogurt and lemon zest.
Lemon zest and juice flavor the batter, and a dark chocolate topping completes this cake. The recipe makes 6 portions.
Ingredient allergens
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Milk and milk products
Dark couverture chocolate
Ingredients without verified allergen data 8
Ingredients without verified allergen data: Flour, Sugar, Plain yogurt, Sunflower oil, Eggs, Baking powder, Lemons, Butter.
Method
- 01
Prepare the pan and ingredients
Preheat the oven to 170 °C. Lightly grease the pan with the butter. Zest the lemons, taking care to use only the yellow part, and juice them; reserve some zest for the topping.
Temperature: 170 °C / 338 °FReady to continue when: The oven is preheated and the pan is greased; the lemon juice and zest are ready.
- 02
Mix the wet ingredients
Beat the eggs with the sugar until pale and foamy. Mix in the plain yogurt, sunflower oil, lemon juice, and half of the zest. Stir until combined.
Ready to continue when: The mixture is even, with no visible streaks of yogurt or oil.
- 03
Add the flour and baking powder
Sift the flour and baking powder. Add them to the wet mixture and stir to make a smooth, even batter without lumps.
Ready to continue when: The batter looks even, with no visible flour lumps.
- 04
Bake the cake
Pour the batter into the greased pan and bake at 170 °C for about 30 minutes. Check the center with a toothpick; if batter sticks to it, continue baking and check again.
Temperature: 170 °C / 338 °FReady to continue when: The cake is done when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
30 min - 05
Melt and apply the topping
Let the cake cool before removing it from the pan. Melt the chopped chocolate in a bain-marie or in the microwave at half power in 30-second intervals. Once melted, spread it over the cake and scatter the reserved lemon zest on top.
Ready to continue when: The topping is spread over the cake, with the zest resting on the chocolate.
Ingredients
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