Recipe: Citrus Yoghurt Cake

This simple but delicious citrus yoghurt cake is a recipe that's ideal to make with children, as it's such an easy bake

INGREDIENTS:

3 eggs

380g caster sugar

250g full-fat natural yoghurt

400g flour

zest of 1 lemon

zest of 1 orange

160ml extra virgin olive oil

15g baking powder

pinch of salt

Serves: 8

METHOD:

1.) Preheat the oven to 160°C/Gas 3. Whisk the eggs with the sugar until pale and creamy, then add the extra virgin olive oil and yoghurt and stir to mix.

2.) Next, sift in the flour, the baking powder and the orange and lemon zest.

3.) Grease a 24 cm round cake tin with butter and dust with flour, scrape the batter into the tin and bake for about 30 minutes until golden and when a skewer is inserted – it comes out clean.

4.) Remove from the oven, let it cool down for a few minutes and remove from the cake tin. Let it cool down completely on a wire rack, then dust with icing sugar. It will keep fresh for several days if stored wrapped in a kitchen towel in an airtight container.