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Guess what. I'm hobbling around like a one-legged-duck this morning.
I broke out some exercise moves yesterday, the likes of which my body hasn't seen since the Reagan administration and my muscles are in a bit of a panic. AKA. I'll likely need to keep up the physical work.
Last summer, I fell in love with a sweet little thang called Bikram yoga and I'm considering launching round two for this summer. How do you balance your sugar intake and exercise? Any suggestions?
So, sugar. The real star of the show. This lovely lemon loaf is perfect all alone, topped with whipped cream, or a scoop of vanilla ice-cream. I went with a sprinkle of fresh berries.
And we all know how my heart feels towards the lemon-raspberry combo. Too good. Game over.
Lemon Loaf Cake
For cake
3/4 cup sugar1/4 cup butter, softened
1 large egg
2 tablespoons plain or lemon-flavored yogurt
1/2 cups milk
1½ cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
zest from 1 large lemon
For glaze
juice from 1 large lemon
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup sugar
- Preheat oven to 350°F . Butter and flour an 8×4″ loaf pan; Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together sugar and butter. Add the egg and yogurt and mix to combine. Beat in the milk. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour and baking powder; dump into egg mixture and stir just until blended. Stir in lemon zest.
- Pour into prepared loaf pan; bake in preheated oven for 1 hour or until the top is golden and a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean. Once done, let the loaf sit in the pan for 5 minutes. Remove and place on a cooling rack with a plate underneath.
- To prepare glaze, whisk together the lemon juice and sugar until smooth. Pour over top of the warm cake. Let loaf cool completely before cutting.
10 comments:
This looks super easy, exactly what a I need for a morning tea I have with two friends on Wednesday, making it! ;)
I love anything dessert with lemons, so I'm loving this!! If you figure out how to balance sugar intake and exercise, let me know!
i'm such a lemon lover! and it's super hard to balace my sugar intake, especially over the summer when bbq's reign and ice cream is everywhere!
Lovely lovely cake for summer!
Oh, yum! This looks amazing. Lemon and berries are my fav.or.ite. dessert combo.
xo,
Ashley
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I never thought of putting yogurt in my loaf cake...I bet that make its fluffier. Thanks for sharing!
Awesome pictures! I have a major sweet tooth, and am especially in love with lemon cakes. Thanks for sharing! Oh and in terms of balancing sugar intake with exercise... I try to run at least 3 times a week to offset my chocolate intake, as well as my eggs benedict/pancakes/waffles weekend brunches. (And I hate running).
I find that exercising makes me want to eat more, which kind of defeats the purpose. I'm trying to limit my sugar intake to a post work out squash, though it's quite a hard adjustment
i usually just work out so that i can eat things like this ;)
would love to hear about bikram yoga. i have a place right down the street from me but have been to nervous to try it on my own!
Yum! We're definitely putting this on our summertime menu!
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