Yoghurt Cake with Lemon and Cardamon

Recipes from Herbs in Cooking - Page 211

YOGHURT CAKE WITH LEMON AND CARDAMON

* 1 cup butter or olive oil
* 1 cup sugar
* 4 eggs
* 1 cup yoghurt
* the juice of 1 lemon
* 1 tbsp ground cardamom
* 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
* 1/2 kilo self-rising flour (1.1 lb)
* 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Beat olive oil with sugar and continue with yolks, cardamom, and yoghurt, bicarbonate of soda diluted in lemon juice, walnuts and flour. Finally mix carefully with egg whites beaten stiff, transfer the mixture into an oiled baking tin and bake in preheated moderate oven for about 40 minutes.