Yaourtopita Greek Yoghurt Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Cake:.
• Put the eggs, sugar and grated peel in a bowl and beat well with a hand whisk.
• Add the yoghurt and beat well until it is well mixed.
• Set aside 1 tbsp of semolina and put the rest in a bowl and add the almonds, vanilla, baking powder and salt, mix well.
• Add this mixture to the yoghurt mixture and mix well.
• Take an oven dish 30cm diameter and 5cm deep, butter it and sprinkle the tbsp of semolina you have previously set aside.
• Put the mixture in the dish and bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees Celsius for 30 minutes.
• In the meantime prepare the syrup by boiling all the syrup ingredients for 5 minutes.
• When the cake is ready, cut it into portions in the oven dish and pour the syrup over it.
• Remember, the cake should be hot when you do this and the syrup warm.
• Serve chilled.

Steps:

• 1. For the cake, put the eggs, sugar and grated peel in a bowl and beat well with a hand whisk.
• 2. Add the yogurt and beat well until it is well mixed.
• 3. Set aside 1 tbsp of semolina and put the rest in a bowl and add the almonds, vanilla, baking powder and salt, mix well.
• 4. Add this mixture to the yogurt mixture and mix well.
• 5. Take an oven dish 30cm diameter and 5cm deep, butter it and sprinkle the tbsp of semolina you have previously set aside.
• 6. Put the mixture in the dish and bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees Celsius for 30 minutes.
• 7. In the meantime prepare the syrup by boiling all the syrup ingredients for 5 minutes.
• 8. When the cake is ready, cut it into portions in the oven dish and pour the syrup over it.
• 9. Remember, the cake should be hot when you do this and the syrup warm.
• 10. Serve chilled.

Steps:

• Boil all of syrup ingredients together first to make syrup (10 minutes- remove zest).
• It must be cool before being poured onto hot cake.
• Beat butter with 1 1/2 cups sugar till creamy and light-coloured (about 5 minutes).
• Add yolks, peel, extract and brandy and beat until pale and thick.
• Sift dry ingredients and add alternately to the creamed mixture with the yoghurt.
• Beat whites until stiff and glossy.
• Fold into batter mixture along with almonds.
• Pour into a buttered 13 x 9 x 2" baking dish and bake at 350F for 60-70 minutes or until done.
• Check cake after about 25 minutes of baking. If the colour is already dark enough (as is the case for me), cover with a piece of aluminum foil and continue baking.
• Pour cooled syrup over hot cake and allow cake to cool completely.
• Cut into diamond-shaped pieces and serve.

Steps:

• Preheat over to 375 F (190 C).
• Grease and line a 9- inch round cake pan.
• In a bowl, whisk egg yolks and sugar until creamy.
• Gradually mix in oil.
• Stir baking soda into yogurt.
• Stir yogurt and half the lemon zest into egg yolk mixture.
• Sift flour and baking powder into mixture and fold carefully.
• Beat eggwhites until stiff but not dry, then fold into batter.
• Pour mixture into the prpared pan.
• Bake 40-50 minutes. Leave in pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool.
• Dust with powdered sugar and sprinkle remaining lemon zest over the top.

Steps:

• .Pre heat oven 180°C.
• Grease standard cake tin.
• Beat butter, sugar and vanilla together with electric mixer.
• When pale and creamy add eggs and beat well.
• Fold in flour and custard powder alternately with yoghurt.
• Stir till smooth.
• Pour into tin, bake 25 - 35 minutes till golden.
• Allow to cool in pan.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F.
• Grease and flour a 12 1/2 cup bundt or tube tin.
• Cream the butter and sugar together until nice and creamy.
• Add the egg yolks one at a time and beat well after each one is added.
• Add the lemon rind and juice and yoghurt and stir.
• Sift together the flour, and baking powders (I just give them a round in my mixer- a trick a baker showed me) to mix them up.
• In another bowl beat the egg whites and salt till they form stiff peaks.
• Now gently fold the dry ingr.
• into the butter mix and then add a portion of the egg whites folding it inches Then add the remaining egg whites and fold gently.
• Pour into the tin and bake for around 50 minutes testing to see it the skewer comes out clean.
• Leave in the tin itself to cool for around 15 minutes.
• Then turn it out and cool on a rack.
• Glaze: Sift the icing sugar into a bowl.
• Add the lemon juice and mix to stir well.
• Add a little yoghurt at a time just enough to make a smooth mix.
• Put the cooled cake on the serving plate or board and then pour the glaze over and let sit till glaze is set.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Mix first 3 ingredients; set aside. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with mixer until light and fluffy. Blend in eggs. Add yogurt and vanilla; mix well. Gradually beat in flour mixture until well blended.
• Pour into 9-inch round pan sprayed with cooking spray; top with nuts.
• Bake 30 min. or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 min. Loosen cake from side of pan with knife. Invert cake onto wire rack; gently remove pan. Cool cake completely.