Chocolate and Yogurt Cake

The Chocolate and Yogurt Cake is a soft and tasty dessert, perfect for breakfast or as a snack. Here’s how to prepare it:

Ingredients

• 200 g of all-purpose flour
• 200 g of sugar
• 125 g of natural yogurt (no added sugar)
• 50 g of unsweetened cocoa powder
• 100 ml of seed oil
• 3 eggs
• 1 packet of baking powder
• 1 pinch of salt
• Butter and flour for greasing and flouring the cake pan

Preparation

1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C.
2. In a bowl, whisk the eggs with the sugar until you get a light and fluffy mixture.
3. Add the yogurt and seed oil, mix well to incorporate them.
4. Sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and a pinch of salt, then combine the dry ingredient mix with the liquid mixture. Stir until you have a smooth and lump-free batter.
5. Grease and flour a cake pan (usually a 22-24 cm diameter is fine), pour the batter into it, and level the surface with a spatula.
6. Bake the cake for about 30-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
7. Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool before taking it out of the pan.

You can serve this cake as is or, for an even deeper dive into sweetness, you can prepare a chocolate glaze by simply melting some dark chocolate with a bit of butter and milk and spreading the cooled mixture over the surface of the cake.

Curiosity

The chocolate and yogurt cake is a lighter variant of the classic chocolate cake thanks to the substitution of butter with oil and the addition of yogurt that makes it moister and softer. Furthermore, the use of yogurt can contribute a slight tart aftertaste that balances the sweetness of the chocolate.