YOGURT PLUMCAKE – Recipe by Piero Benigni – This is a simple, soft and tasty cake. The yogurt, used instead of milk, enhances its aroma and the suggested vegetable oil instead of butter makes it light and healthy. It’s an all-day favourite and a great idea as a present when visiting friends.
It is an extremely popular cake in Italy despite the english name and the fact that plums or other fruits are missing.
- DifficultyVery easy
- CostCheap
- Preparation time15 Minutes
- Cooking time1 Hour
- Serving6
- Cooking methodOven
- CuisineItalian
Ingredients for 6 persons
- 200 gsugar (7 oz)
- 2 jarsyogurt (about 8 1/2 oz total weight)
- 4eggs (medium size)
- 280 gflour (10 oz)
- 120 gpotato starch (4 oz)
- 100 golive oil (3 1/2 oz or other vegetable oil)
- 16 gbaking powder (1/2 oz)
- 1orange (medium size)
Tools for the yogurt plumcake
- Oven
- Plumcake mold 4 cups capacity
- Whip electric
- Bowl
- Wooden Spoon or rubber spatula
- Scale
Preparation
Getting ready with the dough
Whip eggs and sugar for 3 minutes. Add the grated peel of half an orange and two tablespoons of its juice. Add oil, yogurt, flour, starch and last baking powder. Mix again and pour into the already buttered and floured mold. In the photo how much should the mould be filled.
Cooking the yogurt plumcake
Put in pre-heated oven, 340-350 °F (175 °C), not fan assisted, heats above and below, position below halfway up as shown in photo. Cook for 60 minutes or until the surface is brown with a nice yellow crack.
Always do the cooking test: fully insert a wooden skewer (or a spaghetti or a knife blade) and check that it comes out perfectly dry.
Let cool for 5 minutes and remove from mould. The cake will last several days, better under a cake bell. I suggest not to freeze it.
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