1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 heaping cup of plain, lowfat yogurt
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
Zest of 1 lemon
1/2 cup Canola oil
1/2 cup prepared orange marmalade
1/4 cup yogurt

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray loaf pan with nonstick baking spray. Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside. In a separate bowl, mix together yogurt, sugar, eggs, vanilla, lemon zest, and canola oil until just combined. Pour over dry ingredients and mix until just combined; do not overbeat. Pour into loaf pan and bake for 45 minutes. Remove and allow to cool slightly. Remove from pan. While cake is cooling, pour marmalade into pan. Heat until melted, stirring occasionally. Add yogurt to pan and turn off heat. Stir to combine, then pour slowly over the top of the cake, allowing icing to pool around the sides.

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Saw this online... I do love lemon...

1/4 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1 egg
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 cup uncooked oatmeal (regular or quick-cooking)
Directions
1Preheat oven to 350°F
2With an electric mixer, cream the butter and gradually add the sugar, beating at medium speed until well blended. Add the lemon peel, lemon juice, salt and allspice. Beat in the egg, and mix well.
3Combine the flour, baking soda and cream of tartar. Gradually add to the creamed mixture, beating well. Add the oats, and mix well.
4Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls onto cookie sheets coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350°F for 12 minutes.

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This is a family recipe that people always love.

1 c. shortening (I use butter though)
1 c. granulated sugar
1 c. brown sugar
1 T milk
2 eggs, beaten
1 t vanilla
2 c. quick cooking oatmeal
2 c. flour
1/2 t baking powder
1 t baking soda
1/2 t salt
1 c. coconut
2 c. cornflakes
1/2-1 c. chocolate chips (optional)

Cream shortening (or butter) with both sugars. Add milk, eggs, and vanilla and mix well. Add flour, powder, soda, and salt. Mix well. Stir in coconut, oatmeal, cornflakes, and chips if you want the chocolate kick. Place rounded tablespoons of batter on buttered or sprayed cookie sheet. Flatten them with a fork dipped in water. Bake at 350 degrees for about 10 mins (mine always take longer though).

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Going to try this for Melik...

Ingredients
1/3 cup cake flour
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/3 teaspoon salt
4 large eggs, separated
1 cup granulated sugar
confectioners' sugar
Filling
1/2 c jelly/jam of some sort.

Directions
1In a medium bow, combine flour, cocoa powder, cornstarch, baking soad, baking powder and salt.
2Mix well; set aside.
3In a separate bowl, using and electric mixer set on MEDIUM beat egg yolks and 1/4 cup sugar until fluffy.
4In a smaller bowl, using clean beaters, beat whites on high until foamy.
5Gradually add 1/2 cup sugar; beat til stiff but not dry.
6Fold 1/3 egg whites into egg yolk mixture.
7Alternately fold in remaining whites and flour mixture.
8Prepare a 15" x 10" jelly roll pan lined with wax paper and greased and floured beforehand.
9Poor batter in pan, smooth top.
10Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 15 minutes.
11Dust a clean tea cloth with remaining sugar.
12Turn cake out onto prepared cloth, remove wax paper and trim cake edges.
13Starting with a long side, tightly roll up cake with cloth.
14Transfer seamside down, to a wire rack to cool.
15Unroll cake; remove cloth.
16Spread jelly and re-roll cake.
17Place seamside down on a plate and dust with confectionery sugar before serving.
18Perhaps add some fresh fruit to the jelly

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