(photo by Andre)
I’m not much of a cook, but once in a while I enjoy baking. I wish I was better at it so the Foodie Challenge: Whip up something new seemed a good place to start. The idea is to each month prepare at least one dish from a new recipe and blog about it.
My commitment is to increase the level of difficulty each month and hopefully by December I’ll be comfortable making profiteroles or a Pavlova. I decided to start with a family classic I’ve never done by myself: yogurt cake. I called my mom for the recipe and in the end I’m rather proud of myself. Just for fun I’ve added some lemon glazing on top. I turned out moist, with an acid-sweet tone, just like it.
And talking about sweet, I’ll post my thoughts on The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen shortly.
Simply Yogurt Cake
1 natural yogurt
6 eggs
3x the yogurt container of sugar
3x the yogurt container of flour
2/3 the yogurt container of vegetable oil
1 tea spoon of baking powder
Mix the egg yolks and sugar until the mix is a soft yellow, almost white. Add yogurt, then flour, baking powder and oil. Mix well. On a separate recipient beat the eggs white until they form and then gently incorporate them into the other mix.
Make sure you oil/butter the baking tray before pouring the final stuff. Bake for around 30m at 150C (pre-heat the over 10m before you put the cake in). You’ll know the cake is ready if you stick a toothpick into it and no bits come attached to it (does that make sense? It’s the first time I write a recipe in English…).
For the lemon glazing I just mixed sugar and lemon juice in a pot until I thought it looked good 😛
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January 31, 2011 at 12:35 pm
Falaise
Makes perfect sense and the cake looks good. I’m on a fairly serious diet at the moment so can’t make it but wish I could!
January 31, 2011 at 12:46 pm
(Diane)BibliophileBytheSea
This sounds good, but the 6 eggs…yikes. Thanks for the recipe.
January 31, 2011 at 6:18 pm
Steph
Wonderful looking cake! I love desserts that have a bit of a citrus twist to them, so I highly approve of your tweak!
January 31, 2011 at 9:45 pm
Mady
Yoghurt cake is such a classic and a very good start 🙂
I was once given two or three different recipes and in the end I did the one with less sugar (and I think only 3 eggs with more or less the same amount of sugar + flour). I also like to “throw” things in the cakes I bake, like nuts or chocolate chips 🙂
February 1, 2011 at 5:09 pm
Alex
@Falaise: New Year’s resolution?
@Diane: I know *Blush* it’s a heart-attack in the shape of a cake. Maybe I’ll try Mady’s suggestion next time…
@Steph: Huummm Lemon meringue!
@Mady: I might just try it your way if I want to keep my cholesterol in check!
February 1, 2011 at 6:03 pm
Mady
Yes you should! 😉
February 2, 2011 at 10:52 am
Joanna
Yum! This looks great! I’ll definitely try and it and maybe I’ll be brave enough to do a glaze too! 🙂
February 4, 2011 at 5:05 pm
Alex
@Joanna: Thanks for getting me involved in this project. It’s FUN!