Gâteau au yaourt

Ingredients

• 1.5 cups of plain whole milk yogurt
• 2 eggs
• 3/4 cup of sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• a little less than 3/4 cup of oil
• 3 cups flour
• 1.5 tsp baking powder

Crème fraîche (optional)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375F
2. Use oil to grease a 9" round cake pan or a loaf pan
3. In a large mixing bowl, gently combine the yogurt, eggs, sugar, vanilla, and oil.
4. In a separate bowl, combine the flour and baking powder.
5. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix gently until just combined (don't overmix)
6. Optional: Add 1.5 cups frozen berries, 3/4 cup chocolate chips, or any other flavoring you like.
7. Bake for 35 minutes, then 5 minutes more if the cake doesn't pass the knife test. (For the loaf pan, you'll probably need to go a bit longer.) It should be almost crispy on the outside, but springy on the inside.
8. Let it cool before slicing. The cake is delicious served with tea and a dollop of crème fraîche.

Notes

This recipe calls for using 2 6-ounce containers of yogurt, and then using the empty containers to measure out the rest of the ingredients. This is intended to be made by children and I guess that makes measuring easier. This is from the book Bringing up Bébé by Pamela Druckerman. Also, she says you can double the amount of sugar - the original recipe is 1.5 cups. We made it with 3/4 cup and it was nice, but had a sour-yogurt tang (which was awesome), but if you like things really sweet, then you need the extra 3/4 cup.

Sara 22:45, 29 October 2012 (UTC)