Lemon Cake (Armenia)

photo by GiddyUpGo

- Ready In:
- 1hr 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
-
6-8
ingredients
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For the cake
- 1⁄2 cup butter, at room temperature
- 3⁄4 cup sugar
- 1 cup plain yogurt
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
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For the syrup
- 1 cup sugar
- 1⁄4 cup fresh lemon juice
- 3⁄4 cup water
- 3 sprigs mint
directions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Cream the butter and sugar together. Add the yogurt and the eggs, mixing well.
- Pour in the lemon juice. Sift together the flour, baking soda and baking powder and add to the bowl, mixing until everything is well incorporated.
- Spoon the batter into a buttered pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean and the color is golden (about 40 minutes).
- Let the cake cool. Meanwhile, combine the ingredients for the syrup in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil and cook over high heat for about 10 to 12 minutes, or until the syrup coats the back of a spoon.
- Remove the mint and let the syrup cool until it is just warm.
- Loosen the cake in its pan and pour 1/3 of the syrup over the top. Wait 10 minutes, then do this again. Wait another 10 minutes, then pour the rest of the syrup on the top.
- Let the cake sit for about an hour, which will give it enough time to absorb the syrup.
- Invert the cake onto a platter, then slice and serve.
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I am a mother of two with another one on the way! I am married to an Englishman and we own a small business in our local area. We live in a very small town called Rough and Ready (yes there really is a place called Rough and Ready!) I am a part-time writer and full time mom. My kids were born 15 months apart and keep me so busy I barely have enough time to cook and no time at all for my other passion, horseback riding. I once had four horses but am down to two; my Arab mare Argo and old Denver. Both of them spend the vast majority of their time standing around in my back yard eating hay. I get to feed them and look at them, but until my kids are all in school (and I stop having more kids) that's about it.
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