Yogurt Cake - NOT low-fat! Full of Butter! Eggs! Whole Milk Yogurt!


	Yogurt Cake NOT the healthy kind! This yogurt cake takes the healthy skinny-girl-food out of the picture. Use some real simple ingredients in your pantry and you have a nice dessert with the topping to center the flavor. The topping is your choice. I put two NON-alcoholic syrup/glaze recipes below for you to consider. OR I iced this with a basic lemon frosting recipe at my kids suggestion. It was a fantastic pairing! Lotsa options for toppings! I would say this is a super easy cake recipe. But the only thing that holds me back from giving it that kitchy label is - the eggs are separated. So technically that's not considered "easy". But other than that this should be a "cake walk" to make. Pun totally intended. If you are looking for easy cake recipes - click on the link in this sentence. But this recipe really isn't that tough. Take care and choose a decent quality yogurt. Seriously. A nice rich one. No Weight Watchers, no fat free stuff. Real WHOLE MILK yogurt. Live wild. Try a Greek yogurt. See my whole list of Italian cakes in the section below - (if this wasn't exactly what you were looking for.) Hey, and thanks for stopping by. Lisa Yogurt Cake YIELD:1 - 8 x 4 loaf cake Ingredients: * 2 1/4 cups of flour * 1 cup sugar * 1 cup GOOD quality plain yogurt (Greek, whole milk etc) * 7 ounces unsalted butter (all but the last tablespoon in the cube) * 5 eggs separated * 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract * 2 teaspoons grated lemon zest * 2 teaspoons baking powder * 1/2 teaspoon baking soda Procedure * Pre-heat oven to 350 F. * If your yogurt is slighty runny or wet - set it in a colander to drain. Sometimes I pat the yogurt with a paper towel. * In large bowl beat sugar and butter until creamy. * Add egg yolks gradually - beat after each yolk. * Stir in yogurt, lemon zest, and vanilla. * Fold in the dry ingredients. * Whisk the egg whites in a clean bowl ( of course with clean beaters! ) * Once they are stiff fold into mixture. * Spoon mixture into the greased 18 x 4 in loaf pan. * Bake for 50 minutes. Or toothpick-clean-done. For toppings you can try the Bourbon Orange Glaze. Or a basic Lemon Frosting Recipe. OR check out the suggestions for syrups. Adapted from Great Tastes Baking by Bay Books Need some non-alcholic syrup ideas? Go crazy here. The cake isn't overpowering in flavor. Go ahead and make your own; Cinnamon Lemon Syrup Place 1 cup of sugar and a cinnamon stick in 3/4 cups of cold water. Place over medium heat until the sugar dissolves. Add a bit lemon zest and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice. Cinnamon Orange Syrup Place 1 cup of sugar and a cinnamon stick in 3/4 cups of cold water. Place over medium heat until the sugar dissolves. Add a bit orange zest and 1 tablespoon of orange juice. What yogurt works best? Definitely a WHOLE milk yogurt. No sicky sweet low fat yogurt. Go for good quality. This is the reason for the yogurt. It's a yogurt cake. No nuts in the batter? I have nut-haters in my house. So - I decided that if I wanted them I would add them as garnish and part of the syrup. And that made me happy enough. Back to the top of the yogurt cake. Other Italian Cake Recipes Almond Cake Recipe Amaretto Cake Recipe Amaretto Mousse Cheesecake *Apple Pound* Cake Applesauce Cake Recipe Beer Cake Blueberry Cake Recipe Blueberry Coffee Cake Recipe Cappuccino Cake Caramel Cake Chocolate Amaretto Cake Chocolate Buttermilk Cake Chocolate Torte Recipe Chocolate Walnut Cake Coconut Layer Cake Coconut Cake Recipe Date Bread Double Chocolate Brownie Recipe Eggnog Cake Recipe Flourless Chocolate Torte Fresh Strawberry Cake Recipe Gluten Free Chocolate Cake Recipe Harvey Wallbanger Cake Italian Cream Cake Recipe Italian Rum Cake Recipe Jelly Roll Recipe Key Lime Cake Lady Fingers Recipe Lemonade Cake Lemon Layer Cake Lemon Pound Cake Mint Brownie Recipe Peach Cake Recipe Poppyseed Cake Recipe Recipe For Chocolate Cheesecake Pear Cake Recipe Pineapple Carrot Cake Pistachio Cake Recipe Plum Cake Recipe Pumpkin Cake Pumpkin Bread Recipe Recipe For Chocolate Cheesecake Recipe For Pumpkin Cheesecake Ricotta Cake Spice Cake Recipe Sour Cream Cake Recipe The BEST Tiramisu Recipe Walnut Cake Recipe Whipped Cream Recipe Yogurt Cake Frostings - Glazes - Icings Click here to see my cake frosting recipes. Superbowl Sunday is coming up! The best Italian Dessert Recipes for a party like this are ones that are: FAST Finger Foodish (not big hunky sticky globs of gooey-ness that get on your furniture) And freeze-aheads A couple of my favs for this are Cappucino Cookies (lots like choc chips but with a twist) Anisette Cookies (Always on the top 5) Rum Balls (Gingersnaps and Rum) Let's not for get the drinks to go with the beer that will be present! Check out my Italian drinks section for that. Lisa Would you like to share this page? You know how to do it! Thanks for sharing the sugar love! Contact Me Privacy Policy About**
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