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Easy Lemon and Yogurt Cake

September 11, 2014 by Maureen 58 Comments

I was looking through a food magazine website for inspiration for a cake that John would eat.  He doesn’t like cake as a rule but when you’re celebrating a milestone, sometimes cake is just what you need.

The occasion?  Twenty years ago today, I was sitting at home and my daughter was getting ready to go out on a date. She asked me if I would sign on to the local bulletin board she belonged to and win the trivia contest because the prize was free service for a month.  She was still in college and poor – but smart enough to win the contest nearly every week.  She only needed to win once a month.

I rolled my eyes and said I would if I wasn’t doing anything else.  Promptly at 7pm I followed the instructions on the notepad she’d left on how to log on.  For you youngsters, the local bulletin board system was what preceded the world wide web.  It was filled with geeks and not much else.

Lemon and Yogurt Cake

After successfully logging in I went to the trivia area and there was a note that the trivia lady would be 20 minutes late.  I decided I’d have a look around this newfangled thing and I found photo sharing, games, chat and newsgroups.  Newsgroups were online ads that came from all over the world and one of the groups was men seeking women.  Yes, before the WWW!

I read the first one and it was from a man seeking a muse to write erotic stories.  I flipped past that one.  The second one said he was a lonely Australian male seeking a woman to discuss our pedestrian lives.  I went to the next ad and it was from a guy looking for a ‘hottie’.  I went back to the previous ad and on a whim, I wrote and said, “You’re probably only 12 but I’ve always been curious about Australia.”  I figured if he could use the word pedestrian and not cross the street, he could probably hook a few words together that would be interesting to read.

In a few hours he wrote back and said he was well over 12.  He was still  younger than I was but not embarrassingly so.  We continued to correspond to the point where we were waiting for replies to come back.  It was then that we realized that maybe we should meet. I needed to prove to myself that he wasn’t perfect.   A few months later I arrived in Melbourne and we haven’t looked back.  It took a few years to decide to live on the same continent but no regrets.

Lemon and Yogurt Cake

Life hasn’t always been perfect but he’s exactly who I perceived him to be all those years ago.  He’s a good man.

20 years ago today, I answered that ad.  Imagine how my life would be different if I hadn’t taken the chance?

So in John’s honor, I made a lemon and yogurt cake and he ate TWO pieces.  We celebrated with his parents (I know, big whoop) who also thought the cake was pretty special.  I hope you do too.  It is the easiest cake I’ve ever made and the only thing I would do differently is make only half as much.  It’s WAY too much cake for two people.

I must confess that I made this cake and left it in the tin while I went out to run errands.  This is what I found upon my return.  I just cut it down into a smaller cake.  That way I didn’t have to toss out any of the really good icing.

lemon and yogurt cake

5.0 from 9 reviews
Easy Lemon Cake
 
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Prep time
10 mins
Cook time
1 hour 30 mins
Total time
1 hour 40 mins
 
This is the easiest cake I've ever made and everyone loved it.
Author: Annabel Langbein - The Best of Annabel Langbein 2004
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: New Zealand
Serves: 20
Ingredients
Cake
  • 3 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • Juice and finely grated rind of 4 lemons
  • 2 cups flavourless oil, eg grapeseed
  • 1¾ cups plain unsweetened yoghurt
  • 4 cups self-raising flour
  • Pinch salt
Cream cheese icing
  • 75g soft butter
  • 250g cream cheese (not spreadable)
  • Juice and finely grated rind of 1 lemon
  • 4 cups icing sugar
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 160C/320F.
  2. In a mixer or food processor, add the sugar, eggs, lemon juice and zest, oil and yoghurt. Mix well.
  3. Add flour and salt and mix until just combined.
  4. Transfer to a greased 28-30cm/12x18" tin and bake 1½ hours or until springy to the touch. (I used baking paper and sprayed it with oil.)
  5. Cool before turning out and icing.
  6. Mix icing ingredients in a food processor until smooth. Cool to a spreadable consistency then spread over cake. Decorate with extra lemon rind. Serve with whipped cream.
Notes
This makes A LOT of cake. If you only want a few pieces, cut the recipe in half.
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Filed Under: Desserts, Recipes Tagged With: cake, lemons, yogurt

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Comments

  1. Trisha says

    September 11, 2014 at 11:14 pm

    What a fantastic story! I love learning how couples meet. 🙂 Can’t wait to try this luscious lemon yogurt cake too!

    Reply
  2. Tammy says

    September 12, 2014 at 12:19 am

    What a sweet story, Maureen! Aww congratulations to you and John…bless you both on such a special day.

    Your cake looks scrumptious…and that frosting looks heavenly. Mmmm I want to try this ^_^

    xo,
    Tammy<3

    Reply
  3. Catherine says

    September 12, 2014 at 12:29 am

    Dear Maureen, what a touching post. Your cake looks perfect and sounds so simple. Thank you for sharing. Blessings dear, Catherine

    Reply
  4. gloria says

    September 12, 2014 at 1:52 am

    aww what lovely story! I love it!!!
    And I love this cakes Maureen I love lemon and saved this recipes look delicious:)
    Congrats to you both!
    xoxo

    Reply
  5. Lell Trogdon says

    September 12, 2014 at 3:18 am

    Great story! This is the 4th time in a month I have heard or read the phrase “does not care for cake”! Almost as shocking as “does not like chocolate”. Lemon for the win!
    Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
    • Maureen says

      September 12, 2014 at 6:23 am

      I know AND he talks with an Australian accent. To be honest, they all do around here! 🙂

      Reply
  6. Linda says

    September 12, 2014 at 4:03 am

    Oh, what a lovely story I happen to stop by and read!! I’m so glad you shared how you and your husband met; it’s so interesting to see out how people find each other! This must be so incredible moist with 2 cups olive oil!! I feel like I’m getting a whiff of the lemony taste!!

    Reply
    • Maureen says

      September 12, 2014 at 6:01 am

      I wouldn’t use olive oil – probably an oil without flavor. 🙂 Saved all that butter and sugar creaming.

      Reply
  7. Liz says

    September 12, 2014 at 5:03 am

    Aw, what a sweet love story…I remember you mentioning this before. Maybe that your daughter was worried about you meeting up with a stranger??? Happy anniversary to you both…I think you found a fitting cake to celebrate. Bill would have had a second piece and more!

    Reply
    • Maureen says

      September 12, 2014 at 6:33 am

      Yes, she thought he was an axe murderer!!

      Reply
  8. A_Boleyn says

    September 12, 2014 at 5:19 am

    What a romantic story. Congratulations to you both on taking a chance 20 yrs ago. My mom was a couple of years older than my dad, widow with a 3 yr old son, when they married … things worked out. 🙂

    I think the cake sounds lovely and I would definitely make a half recipe to cut down on the temptation to eat the whole thing. I just finished baked an Irish Brick cake … most of which will go into the freezer thankfully.

    Reply
  9. Rachel (Rachel's Kitchen NZ) says

    September 12, 2014 at 5:33 am

    Thanks for sharing a lovely story – Maureen – and a lovely looking recipe.

    Reply
  10. Roberta says

    September 12, 2014 at 6:01 am

    Oh YUM!!! I could eat this every day. And so easy. I may even try to make this myself. SOON. I can bake. Used to make cream puffs all the time. But hard to have so much cake in house when single. Eat too much.

    But the best part of this post is learning the great story of how you met John. What a beautiful story. Serendipity. 🙂

    Congratulations on your anniversary and your sticking to it in good and not so good times. That is a tribute to you both. I salute you both!!! 🙂

    May you have many, many more years together. 🙂 🙂 🙂

    Reply
  11. Ella-HomeCookingAdventure says

    September 12, 2014 at 6:02 am

    I love easy recipes.. this sounds delicious.

    Reply
  12. Laura (Tutti Dolci) says

    September 12, 2014 at 6:05 am

    Such a sweet story, happy anniversary! Your cake looks divine (I love that you had to cut it down ;)).

    Reply
  13. Lizzy (Good Things) says

    September 12, 2014 at 6:56 am

    Congratulations on this wonderful milestone, Maureen and John… may the next 20 years (since you answered the ad) be just as you’d hope. Love your cake, laughed to see that someone had thought it was so good they’d cut into it! : )

    Reply
  14. Barbara | Creative Culinary says

    September 12, 2014 at 7:11 am

    Funny how life happens sometimes isn’t it? And how your life would have been so completely different if your daughter had not been in a hurry or if you found pedestrian to be too much so. 🙂

    Congrats…obviously it WAS meant to be!!

    Reply
  15. Glamorous Glutton says

    September 12, 2014 at 7:18 am

    What a great story. How fortunate you answered that ad. Great looking cake too. GG

    Reply
  16. Nusrat Azim says

    September 12, 2014 at 7:41 am

    Such a cute, sweet love story! And such an adorable cake to celebrate 20 awesome years of togetherness!
    I always stay away from baking. Cake shops down the street serve the purpose for me 🙂 But looking at your moist, golden, fluffy cake … what the heck, I’d give baking a try this weekend.

    Thanks for being an inspiration, Your sweetness!

    Reply
  17. DogsDontPurr says

    September 12, 2014 at 8:15 am

    I love how you always tell a story withe your recipes. This one particularly charmed me as I essentially met my husband online as well. We’d known each other in real life as acquaintances for nearly half our lives, but due to sharing a story by email of a mutual tragedy/loss of a friend….well, we got to talking. And we’ve been solid for 14 years now.

    Thanks for sharing your stories and giving us a little glimpse into your life. Cheers!

    Reply
    • Maureen says

      September 12, 2014 at 10:04 am

      Thanks heaps, you’re very kind. 14 years is a milestone too. 🙂

      Reply
  18. Abbe@This is How I Cook says

    September 12, 2014 at 9:00 am

    I love your love story. One never knows, does one? Did you ever thank your daughter for fixing you up, so to speak? Great cake, but oh do I love love stories!

    Reply
    • Maureen says

      September 12, 2014 at 10:03 am

      My daughter thought he would be an axe murderer and begged me not to go to Australia 🙂

      Reply
  19. Karen - 2Teaspoons says

    September 12, 2014 at 11:20 am

    What a wonderful story! Congratulations on your anniversary and thanks for sharing this simple and delicious looking cake 🙂

    Reply
  20. Melissa says

    September 12, 2014 at 11:26 am

    What a wonderful love story Maureen. And we Australians are very happy to have you here! I met my lovely husband through an ad in the newspaper (pre-internet) and we are still very happy 22 years later. Unlike you though, we discovered we had grown up in adjacent suburbs, so there was no cultural or geographic adjustment. The cake looks too tempting!

    Reply
    • Maureen says

      September 12, 2014 at 12:17 pm

      That made me laugh. When we built our last house one day I’d had enough of the differences and said emphatically, “Okay, do it your way and when you’re done I’ll build MY house.” Compromise was found. The light over our dining room table was found in an antique shop Armadale in Melbourne when I looked up and said, “I don’t hate that,” and he said, “I don’t hate it either.” So we bought it.

      Reply
  21. Carol at Wild Goose Tea says

    September 12, 2014 at 11:43 am

    That was not a recipe I was expecting. I like surprises. I pinned the recipe not for it, but it honor of your story. I am a romantic. Thank you for sharing. It reminds me a bit of my friend’s story who married a New Zealander. They have been together 25 or 26 yrs now.

    Reply
    • Maureen says

      September 12, 2014 at 12:18 pm

      It took a bit of adjusting and hearing for the 100th time, “It’s not a grill, it’s a BBQ.” John still translates for me. He buys gas and puts things in the trunk. I buy petrol and put things in the boot. It’s comical sometimes.

      Reply
  22. michael says

    September 12, 2014 at 11:44 am

    What a romantic story, congratulations to you both for making 20 years!

    Love the lemon cake!! 🙂

    Reply
  23. Joanne T Ferguson says

    September 12, 2014 at 12:33 pm

    G’day Congrats on the milestone Maureen!
    What a lovely story that I am glad you shared as it brightened my day today!
    Your cake looks YUMMY!
    Cheers! Joanne

    Reply
  24. Nancy/SpicieFoodie says

    September 12, 2014 at 2:01 pm

    The cake looks and sounds like an absolute winner, Maureen. It’s the combination of lemon, yogurt and cream cheese that has my mouth watering right now. Great find!:)

    Reply
  25. Gourmet Getaways says

    September 12, 2014 at 4:26 pm

    I completely agree. Cakes are invented to mean there is something special. Nice story!

    Julie
    Gourmet Getaways

    Reply
  26. Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella says

    September 12, 2014 at 5:27 pm

    I couldn’t wait to read this story! Not just because I love the back story but because you were tempting me on Instagram with this cake and most importantly the icing! 😀

    Reply
  27. Luca Marchiori says

    September 12, 2014 at 7:11 pm

    This looks so wonderful and moist. Lemon is my favourite flavour. Mmm … it’s not even lunch time yet.

    Reply
  28. Choc Chip Uru says

    September 12, 2014 at 10:40 pm

    I love that this cake has a story, makes it even more special and delicious 😀
    Such a wonderful milestone!

    Cheers
    Choc Chip Uru

    Reply
  29. InTolerant Chef says

    September 12, 2014 at 11:01 pm

    Very sweet indeed Maureen! I’m so glad the cake was a hit and that your man wasn’t a psycho 🙂 My sister meet her husband on line and traveled across the world to be with him, they live here now and have been married 8 years but we’re still not at all sure he’s ‘normal’ 🙂 Glad you lucked out! xox

    Reply
  30. Eileen says

    September 12, 2014 at 11:14 pm

    What a fun story Maureen. Everything happens for a reason! This cake looks perfectly delicious. If my oven weren’t broken down I might make a mad dash to the kitchen to whip one up 🙂

    Reply
  31. Melissa @ My Recent Favorite books says

    September 13, 2014 at 2:13 am

    Your story is so sweet! =)
    And, your cake recipe looks delicious!

    Reply
  32. Melissa @ My Recent Favorite books says

    September 13, 2014 at 2:14 am

    Your story is so sweet! =)
    And, your Cake recipe sounds delicious!

    Reply
  33. sheila says

    September 13, 2014 at 6:35 am

    I always wondered how you ended up on the other side of the world! Thanks for sharing part of your love story. This cake looks divine!

    Reply
  34. Hotly Spiced says

    September 13, 2014 at 7:41 am

    You do tell an engaging story, Maureen. I can’t imagine meeting anyone on-line before the WWW! You two were well ahead of your time. Congratulations on 20 years! A great milestone. I love the look of your cake – it looks really moist xx

    Reply
  35. Chris @ The Café Sucré Farine says

    September 13, 2014 at 12:33 pm

    Love hearing your story Maureen. It’s so amazing how every story is so different and often not what we would have predicted. I believe you that John is a good man but it’s also true that he got a good woman! (… and a good looking cake too!)

    Reply
  36. Cooking Gallery says

    September 13, 2014 at 3:28 pm

    What a lovely story…! 20 years and going strong :)! Happy Anniversary and that’s surely a cake fit for such a special occassion! Have a lovely weekend :).

    Reply
  37. movita beaucoup says

    September 13, 2014 at 9:42 pm

    Perfect story, perfect sprinkles!!

    Reply
  38. Kate @ Babaganosh.org says

    September 14, 2014 at 7:31 am

    Aw, what a lovely story! And I’m sorry, but I just don’t see the problem with that much cake for 2 people. =P OK, maybe if one of the people is not a big fan of cake it might be too much for one person.

    I love lemon in my dessert, this cake sounds awesome!

    Reply
    • Maureen says

      September 14, 2014 at 7:56 am

      OMG I think I love you. 🙂 Haha!

      Reply
  39. Glenda says

    September 15, 2014 at 12:39 am

    Maureen, that cake sounds wonderful and so easy. Love your story. Congratulations.

    Reply
  40. suzanne Perazzini says

    September 15, 2014 at 8:08 pm

    That is a big cake and the icing sounds yummy. Congratulations on the anniversary. You must have been one of the first couples to find each other online.

    Reply
  41. Raymund says

    September 16, 2014 at 5:54 am

    Thats really simple and nice recipe! That cream cheese icing would match that cake perfectly

    Reply
  42. Mary Frances says

    September 16, 2014 at 6:19 am

    Well weren’t you the little budding techy – so early in online dating!!! Congratulations – and your cake looks yummy. Love lemon and the cream cheese frosting is right up my alley

    Reply
  43. mjskit says

    September 17, 2014 at 2:00 pm

    What a great story! I don’t think I would have had the nerve to sign onto a bulletin board like that, but then, luckily, I’ve never had the need to. You sure struck gold with John!! Obviously it was meant to be. You two always seem SO HAPPY!! What a sweet cake to make for the occasion.

    Reply
  44. Shelley @ Two Healthy Kitchens says

    September 18, 2014 at 1:18 am

    Oh my gosh, Maureen! I’ve been a bit out of the loop lately, and was happily scrolling through your blog to catch up on all that I’d missed. You can probably guess why an EASY Lemon YOGURT Cake caught my eye (easy, plus some healthy yogurt worked in, too – perfect! 😀 ). But then I found the most wonderful, sweet story! What a treat to read this morning! Belated congrats on the day that changed everything … and thanks for this fab recipe that I am so, so going to pin because it looks ridiculously good! (Oh, and BTW … “a muse to write erotic stories???” – hilarious!)

    Reply
  45. Lynette says

    September 24, 2014 at 7:34 am

    Thank for sharing your celebration cake. It was very morrrrrre ish. I all most licked the plate clean.lol

    Reply
    • Maureen says

      September 24, 2014 at 9:54 am

      Thanks, Lynette. After reading that I want to make another one. 🙂

      Reply
  46. Terra says

    September 25, 2014 at 5:02 am

    Your site looks fabulous! AND this cake looks moist and delicious! Lemon cake is one of my favorite flavors of cake! Yum, Hugs, Terra

    Reply
  47. Toni says

    April 28, 2021 at 5:21 pm

    But.. did you win the trivia test????

    Reply
    • Maureen says

      May 28, 2021 at 11:24 am

      You had to ask?? 🙂 of course!

      Reply

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