- 150 g natural yogurt
- 3 eggs
- the zest and juice of 1 lemon
- 200 g sugar
- 125 ml olive oil
- 400 g self raising flour
- 1 apple
- vanilla icing sugar
We all feel a little “heavier” after the festivities.
On my side I have literally stuffed myself for the last couple of weeks: endless lunches and family gatherings have certainly not helped keeping in shape. Having said that it would be too depressive to brutally stop having any treats when all the sparkle is over. And there are always ways around it.. 
In order to feel less guilty, today I had my espresso with this butter free yogurt cake. I find that cakes made with olive oil instead of butter are much lighter and easier to digest.
Directions:
Wash the lemon and dry it well with a cloth. Put the yogurt in a bowl and grate the lemon zest on it.
Add the sugar, the eggs and the oil and stir well
Squeeze the lemon juice and add the flour. Stir all the ingredients in
Peel and cut the apple into little bits and add it to the mixture incorporating it well
Pour the mixture into a greased round baking tray
Cook it in the lower rack of the oven at 180C for 35-40 minutes until golden on top.
Dust with some vanilla icing sugar.
Let's go back to how food used to be, made from wholesome, good ingredients. Let's embrace the slow food movement.
Taking time to cook yourself a decent meal should always come as a priority. After all we are what we eat! 
Ciao cara amica, tanti auguri di buon anno spero sia andato tutto bene, questa torta è deliziosa solo a vederla vien voglia di mangiarla, bravissima, ti mando un grande bacio a presto.
I love that you’re thinking lighter now that the holidays are past
I have to admit, I’ve been eating FAR to many goodies this season and my freezer is still full of leftovers :/ This cake sounds delicious and the color is beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing and I love the tutorial photos…
This is the type of cake I love because it has no butter! Simple and fast, will try it out sometime.
I love the sound of this cake, I’ve never made anything quite like it and could just do with a slice!
I reallyyyyyyy love this one, I shall try it as soon as possible and post it on my blog
and let you judge the outcome. Kisses lovely Alida.
I will be honoured if you did that. I bet you can grow radicchio where you are, can you?X
I know the feeling…I definitely need to cut back in January! This looks like the perfect solution…a healthier cake…you can still eat cake but without the calories. Yogurt in cakes always makes them really moist too!