I had been seeing a few lemon yogurt cakes around that looked good and I was thinking that the rest of my meyer lemons would go well in one. Recently I have been trying to clear some space in my freezer and I came across some blueberries that I had frozen in the summer. I really like the lemon and blueberry flavour combo and I could not resist adding the blueberries to the lemon yogurt cake. With he cake down the only thing that was left was the topping. I was thinking about going with a simple lemon glaze when I came across a bookmark for a lemon blueberry cake with a limoncello glaze on Dragon’s Kitchen that sounded great! The lemon yogurt cake with blueberries was really easy to make, though it took a bit longer than I expected. (I think that was because I used still frozen blueberries.) The toothpick test worked and the cake came out perfectly baked even though it took a little longer. The cake was nice and light fluffy and moist and infused with blueberry and lemony goodness! The limoncello added a really nice zing to the lemon glaze that finished the cake off nicely. I think that I will be having this cake for breakfasts for the rest of the week and I am certainly looking forward to them.
Lemon Yogurt Cake with Blueberries
ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
- 1 cup yogurt
- 1 cup white sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup blueberries
- 1 cup confectioners sugar
- 1 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon limoncello (or more lemon juice)
- lemon zest to garnish
directions
- Mix the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
- Mix the lemon zest, yogurt, sugar, eggs, oil, vanilla extract in another bowl.
- Mix the wet and dry ingredients.
- Mix in the blueberries.
- Pour the batter into a greased 9 inch by 5 inch loaf pan.
- Bake in a preheated 350F/180C oven until a toothpick pushed into the center comes out clean, about an hour.
- Mix the confectioners sugar, lemon juice and limoncello and pour over the cake after it has cooled.
So luscious and divine!!
lemons and blueberries,,,, yumm.
great work!
cheers,
*heather*
That looks delicious. The second picture is particularly fantastic.
NAOmni
Kevin, outstanding as usual!
Kevin, you are simply brilliant. You have managed to combine four of my favorite things — yogurt, blueberries, lemons, and cake! This will definitely become part of my dessert repertoire.
Oh yum, kevin! Did you use fresh blueberries? And I love how you used limoncello, looks delicious!
Limoncello and blueberry rock!!!
Looks yummy. I just made a lemon blueberry cake for a coworker this week. The combination is a real winner!
Looks so moist and yummy!
Yum! I wish I was having that for breakfast this week!
We must have similar paletes or something; I noticed you like maple, rhubarb, sweet potatoes, crab meat…chicken salad…key lime pie…all my faves!
I spent a LOT of time searching for granola recipes last spring, ended up improvising my own recipe and you know what I called it? Maple Pecan Granola. LOL it IS different than yours though, because I ended up using some cinnamon & sunflower seeds, too…It's a work in progress…I'm a granola freak…
I also LOVE peanut butter & banana sandwiches, but had never thought to substitue nutella! DEFINITELY going to try that!!!
Then I searched your blog for the term "Monte Cristo". Yay!!! You passed the test!
Keep up the good work!
wow! this is the best looking yogurt cake i’ve seen. for a closet sized kitchen, you can create some amazing things!
It looks gorgeous Kevin! Way better than my yogurt cake.
Wow! I have made a similar one twice, once with lemon and another one with grapefruit! But I did without the glaze! What a good idea to incorporate some berries into it!
I’ve been seeing quite a few of these in blogosphere, but yours looks exquisite. I have Myer lemons and blueberries so this sounds like a nice Sunday supper.
Very nice, love bluebery cakes. What a nice sugar coating you’ve made.
Oh blueberry goodness! Looks great.
I think I am going to make a wish and hope this is on the table tomorrow morning for breakfast! 🙂
truly yummy Kevin..can imagine the taste with lemon and blueberries..drooling
What kind of yogurt, plain or vanilla?
GREAT looking cake!
That looks wonderful. Is it made with plain yogurt?
**TIP!!!**
If you flour the blueberries ahead of time they’ll keep their places better and not sink to the bottom..
I’m SO making this cake, dude..
Lol! TWD did a lemon yogurt cake this week too. Lemon and blueberries are one of my favorite combinations! Wish I had thought to put blueberries in mine too. Yours looks delicious!
Quite right Kevin…the TWDs have been posting these delights this week! I love Dragon's Kitchen, & this is a wonderful cake…yummm!!
Looks good Kevin – I love the dripping frosting. Blueberries and lemon are the perfect match.
This sounds lovely – and I love the sound of the limoncello glaze. One of my favourite liquers, and so versatile…
I have this cake in the oven right now!!
I had to make adjustments bc of what I had on hand…I hope it still turns out as great as yours looks!
Instead of yogurt- I used sour cream.
I had a little left in a mixed fruit frozen sack so i used thast- Raspberries, blackberries, strawberries and blueberries
And for the glaze…I did not have any limoncello, however, I used 2 TBSP of plain lemon juice and a jigger of grey goose vodka YUMMY!!
Thank you!!
Oh dear, Kevin. I have to stop clicking on your page — I have to try everything on here and it’s going to make me balloon a gazillion pounds!
That’s one of my most favorite combos! A deliciously moist cake!
Cheers,
Rosa
The white topping looks absolutely gorgeous. This looks delicious.
can i have a slice?? this sounds awesome, and love the copious amounts of berries!!
I love her blog too.
The cake looks so yumm. I have never used frozen fruits in cake.
Wow, all your blueberries sank to the bottom. Which actually makes for a nice presentation when it’s sliced on a plate.
Awesome recipe. I have frozen blueberries too!
I just want to tell you how much I love your blog!!! THanks for sharing!
I’m loving all of this lemon lately! It’s one of my favorite flavors to have in dessert and the lemon/blueberry combo is an especial favorite.
Perfect Spring flavors Kevin! Thanks for sharing!
Nice cake Kevin, I love blueberries and lemon too!! nice combination! xGloria
As always a great looking cake. Kevin, you have a way of taking something very ordinary and making it fabulous!!! Love the icing.
Delicious, love the dribbling icing!
Pair this with a big cup of “JOE” and it would be a perfect morning!!
I love cakes made with yogurt, they’reso moist and delicious. Very yummy with citrus too. Great job!
That looks fantastic, Kevin! Love the added blueberries. Yum!
Kevin, your cake looks so very light and summery!
I haven’t thanked you for the Strawberry Feta Salad recipe. I make it often now that strawberries are in season here in Florida. I did look at the original recipes that you linked, but really like your breakdown on amounts of ingredients. So thanks, Nan.
http://closetcooking.blogspot.com/2008/06/strawberry-and-feta-salad.html
Try coating the blueberries with flour before you mix them in – they might not sink to the bottom that way.
Love the glaze — when I saw the photo my eyes opened wide when I caught a glimpse of the stark white glaze contrasting the moist lemon-blueberry cake. Beautiful and delicious!
WOW Kevin! This looks impressive 🙂
I frickin’ ADORE lemon and blueberry together …
Yep, that’s it.
hi kevin! this looks fantastic. i love the limoncello glaze!
incidentally, all of the tuesdays with dorie bakers also baked a lemon-flavored cake this week–dorie’s French Yogurt Cake! it was delicious…but now that i look at yours, i’m kind of thinking blueberries would have made it better 🙂
Love the blueberries and glaze. I am sure the cake was super moist and delicious!
My friend Kathy always brings me 3 huge gallon ziploc bags of blueberries every summer. What a nice find in your freezer! Mine were gone so quickly though…
Love the recipe!
I have to try this.
A blueberry is a lemon’s best friend. And limoncello glaze! Fabulous!
Excellent dessert or breakfast! Love seeing your blueberries still doing the job for you!
Delicious, Kevin! All my favorite flavors—wrapped up in 1 yummy cake!
Kevin, this looks fantastic! Very nice for Spring.
Nice, Kevin. I like the blueberry citrus combo. And yogurt cakes are so nice and moist, I’ll bet this was a winning combo!
Yogurt cakes are super moist. They’re the best loaf cake every.
this looks great, lemon and blueberry cake is one of my favorites.
Chef Fresco: I used blueberries that I had frozen in the summer.
Dan: I used a vanilla yogurt for even more vanilla flavour but plain works great as well.
missy b. & Margaret: Thanks for the flour tip! I will definitaly try that next time.
That glaze is impressive! You take great pictures!
I love the flavor combo, plus those blueberries just look so yummy.
I just made a lemon yogurt cake from Molly Wizenberg’s new book, A homemade life. Delicious!
Meyer lemons are the best! I’m always on the search for new recipes to make with them – this sounds perfect!
Love the berries. 🙂
I’m always more for savory than sweet but somehow, this cake sounds so good!
Fantastic as usual. Blueberries are just perfect in cake.
I love everything with yogurt, lemon and berries. Great idea for a cake. Yum!
Wow, what a beautiful twist on lemon yogurt cake. Well done Kevin.
You’re right, there’s a lot of yogurt cakes arround. I love them! The flavours you chose are perfect, very fresh form the spring!
i’m not learning how to cook. i’m learning how to cook again. this recipe is too wonderful *not* to make! thanks, kevin!
What I want to know is, how do you stay so skinny when you make all this yummy food? You ought to look like a barn side. 🙂
Seriously, great looking cake.
wow…pretty presentation
gorgeous cake Kevin! 🙂
your yogurt cake looks great w/all those blueberries!
I am in total shock and awe at your amazing blog. Wow.
I've bookmarked a few of your recipes but I'm going to start with this once I get hold of more blueberries! Will keep you posted 😉
This looks amazing! I was inspired to start making it right away, I cannot wait till it cools to add the topping and take a bite!
whether the difference between kefir and yogurt?
Which is better between them?
whether kefir has the same flavor of yogurt?
It looks very tasty
I made this, and my family says it is very fresh-tasting. High-approval all-around. But my glaze came out too thin–next time I'll start with just 1 tablespoon of liquid and work my way up.