This month's Cake Slice Baker's choice is Lemon Verbena Peach Yogurt Cake (or for you fancy people, Gâteau au Yaourt, à la Verveine et au Pêches) from the cake cookbook Gâteau: The Surprising Simplicity of French Cakes.
First I had to figure out what verbena is, then find it somewhere. Instead of fresh verbena, I used dried; aka, verbena tea leaves. It smells wonderful - herby and slightly lemony. The leftover will make good tea this winter if it ever decides to get under 100° here in Texas!
Just as in the previous cakes from this book, it is simple and delicious.
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