Raspberry Lemon Cake is packed with berry and lemon flavors, along with a crispy sugar crust making it perfect for tea time. It is a perfect dessert to be served during any parties or festive season.
Course Cake, Dessert
Keyword Cake, Lemon, Raspberry
Prep Time 25 minutesminutes
Baking Time 45 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour10 minutesminutes
Servings 10pieces
Author Shanaz Rafiq
Equipment
10-inch springform baking tin
Ingredients
2cupsAll Purpose flourmaida
¼cupmilk@room temperature
2 ½teaspoonbaking powder
¾cupsugar
½cupyogurtwith excess water strained
¼cupbuttersoft @room temperature
1large egg2 small sizes
2tablespoonlemon juice
1tablespoonfinely grated lemon peel
1cupfresh raspberriesor you can use Strawberries
For Crumb Topping:
1cupsugar
⅔cupflour
6tablespoonsoft butter
For The Glaze: (mix together)
½cuppowdered sugar
1tablespoonlemon juice
Instructions
Preheat oven to 180 degrees C (350 F).
Grease with butter or place butter paper in a 10-inch springform tin.
For the cake
Mix together all-purpose flour and baking powder and set aside.
In a large bowl, beat 1/4 cup milk, 3/4 cup sugar, 1/2 cup yogurt, 1/4 cup butter, egg, lemon juice, and lemon peel until smooth and creamy.
Now add to this all-purpose flour mixed with baking powder. Mix just until everything is combined, do not over-mix.
Now fold in the fresh raspberries and gently stir to distribute them evenly into the batter.
For the crumb topping
In a bowl and mix together flour and sugar. Then add 6 tablespoons butter and mix using your fingers till you get a crumbly mixture (like breadcrumbs).
Pour the cake batter into the springform baking dish and then evenly sprinkle with the prepared crumb topping. Gently press with the hand so that the crumbs stick to the batter. Place the tin in the middle rack of the oven.
Bake at 180 degrees C for 40 to 45 minutes. After 40 minutes, insert a clean knife into the center of the cake and if it comes out clean it is time to remove the cake from the oven. If it is not cooked, bake for another 5 or 10 minutes.
After it is baked, cool the cake for at least 20 minutes before taking it out from the baking dish.
Drizzle the glaze over the cake and serve warm or chilled.
Notes
Adding glaze is an optional step. If you wish to go light on calories, you can opt out of the glaze. Do check out my post on Raspberry Cream Cheese Swirl Cake which is equally good.