If you lived in France this cake would most likely be in your kitchen repertoire. For many French children, this is the first cake they learn to make. Interestingly, it’s an easy cake to lean to make and remember because most of the ingredient are measured with the individual yogurt cups (or pot as some yogurts in France are sold in glass pots). This is a good recipe that is easy to add your favorite flavors to. Most likely, you would have these ingredients in your kitchen so if you are expecting company over last minute, you could pull this together and it just might make for…A Great Day 🍰
Recipe French Yogurt Cake
Ingredients
-1 container container (small from 4 ounces to 5.3-proportions will be right)
-2 containers of sugar (I used approx. 1.25)
-3 containers unbleached flour
-1 container olive or avocado oil
-3 large eggs
-1 Tablespoon baking powder
-Options to add in: 1 container fruit like blueberries, 1 teaspoon of pure vanilla, orange or lemon zest
The yogurt cup I used…Cleanup on this one is really easy.
Method
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Butter and flour a 9 inch Bundt or spring form pan.
3. Pour all contents of the yogurt container in a large mixing bowl. Wash and dry it out so you can measure other ingredients. If your brand of yogurt cup is a little larger or a little smaller, the proportions will still be the same.
4. I like to start with dry ingredients, measure out and place in mixing bowl. Finish with oil. The original recipe called for 2 yogurt cups of sugar. I used about 1 1/4.
5. Add eggs and mix with a spatula or whisk. There is no specific order for all the ingredients.
6. Pour batter into baking pan and bake for 35 minutes or until a toothpick come clean. Allow to cool for 10 minutes in pan then turn onto a rack for the remaining cooling time.
7. Let cake completely before serving. Fresh fruit and or fresh whipped cream would be good accompaniments.
