Yogurt Cake with a light and airy sponge, amazing flavor and just the right amount of sweetness. You only need a few basic ingredients for this easy yogurt cake! Check out the yogurt cake video below!
This is my kind of cake! Cake that doesn't need frosting because it is self-sufficient. Say hello to my Yogurt Cake 2.0!
A yogurt cake should taste like yogurt, shouldn't it? This cake has a rich yogurt flavour. It is the cake to make and have for breakfast because why not?
This yogurt cake goes great with tea or coffee. It is also the cake to make for potlucks, parties or just for snacking!
Yogurt Cake Ingredients
You need the following ingredients for yogurt cake:
1. Yogurt. Use plain yogurt or plain Greek yogurt. You could also use flavored yogurt but since flavored yogurt has added sugar, reduce the amount of sugar you add to your cake if you choose to use a flavored yogurt.
For the best flavor, use yogurt with live and active cultures. Check the label on the yogurt container to ensure that it contains live and active cultures.
2. Oil. Adding oil to the batter makes yogurt cake nicely moist.
3. Sugar. Just good old plain granulated sugar.
4. Flour. All purpose flour or plain flour works here.
5. Baking Powder
6. Salt. Salt helps balance the sweetness in yogurt cake.
7. Flavor. For flavor use a combination of vanilla extract and freshly grated nutmeg or use the zest (rind) of one lemon, lime or orange.
Yogurt cake can also be made without flavor and it will still taste great!
How To Make Yogurt Cake
1. Whisk together yogurt, oil, sugar and vanilla extract.
2. Add in flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg (optional) and beat to combine.
3. Add in eggs one at a time and mix to form a batter.
4. Pour the batter into a greased pan and bake.
This lovely cake has a nice crumb on the outside, it is moist on the inside and simply dreamy.
Have you heard the saying, "it sold like hot cake"? Once upon a time, I used to wonder what that meant. But now that I am older and wiser, I totally understand. Hot cake is bomb.com.
My family is obsessed with this yogurt cake and I really hope you try it. It is one of my favorite cakes ever!
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P.S. I have updated this yogurt cake recipe after posting it years ago. I made a mistake while typing the former recipe so the recipe that lived here before would give you a dense cake. I am sorry if you tried it and your cake turned out dense. That't not the way it should be! Thankfully I decided to try out the recipe again and noticed there was a mistake. I had to go back to recipe testing. After testing and tweaking, I think I finally have the best yogurt cake recipe for you!
Yogurt Cake
Ingredients
- ¾ cup granulated sugar (150 grams)
- 1 cup plain yogurt (250 grams) or plain Greek yogurt
- ½ cup oil (125 ml) any neutral tasting oil. I used canola.
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups flour (180 grams)
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg See Notes
- 3 large eggs
Instructions
- Grease a 9-inch cake pan or loaf pan and preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
- In a mixing bowl, whisk together 1 cup of plain yogurt, ½ cup of oil, ¾ cup of sugar and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract. You could use a handheld whisk or an electric beater.
- Add in one and a half cups of flour, one and a half teaspoons of baking powder, ¼ teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon nutmeg. Beat together until just combined.
- Add 3 eggs one at a time, whisking every time you add an egg to incorporate it into the batter.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake in preheated oven for 35 minutes until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean.
- Let the cake cool then remove from pan, slice and serve.
Notes
Nutrition
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Zinny says
As always, another nice recipe from you. Honestly, this weather has been making me bake up and down on weekends. I will try this next weekend I hope, do you happen to have a banana bread recipe? I've tried a few, but I know yours would fit into my taste bud better.
Thanks for sharing!
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Zinny says
Lol, I just searched for it and I can see you have one, so I will try the recipe out. Should have checked earlier. My bad! Thanks all the same.
Precious says
Glad you found it, Zinny!! I hope you enjoy it. Baking and this weather just go together beautifully.
Bisola says
To be honest I didn't know one could add yoghurt to cake. I love yoghurt so this seems like an amazing idea.
Can one send food through post.....? .lol.so that you can speedily send a piece down here asap.....Don't you think that yoghurt cake needs to be reviewed?....
Precious says
Hi Bisi,
You sure can add yoghurt to cake. The taste is out of this world.
For some reason, the review button is not showing on this recipe. Will try to get that to show ASAP. Thanks for pointing that out!
Bisola says
I was just kidding as per the review. As in you should send it down to Nigeria so I can Eat it during the review. Lol. Don't mind me.but if I made you notice that there was no review button, then you are welcome,
Precious says
Haha Bisi, I understand you now. You actually made me realize that the rating button for this recipe wasn't showing.
As per sending to Nigeria for sampling, don't worry the day will come. A girl can dream right?
G🐝 says
🙋🏽♀️Hi,
Did you know that you can use yogurt as a substitute for eggs in your 🎂batter. Its
g🥚🥚d for people who has 😩bad cholestrol
Amaka says
I'm hearing about yoghurt cake for the first time in my life. What would I do without the blogosphere? Thanks for sharing blog-mum!
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Precious says
Each time you call me blog mum, I blush.
Glad you learned something new, dearie!
Joy2Endure says
I love yogurt cake but didn't know you could add milk. Will be trying that the next time I make one.
I can imagine the flavour coming from the kitchen.
Keep baking and don't mind the waist line much 🙂
Precious says
The flavour is totally out of this world!! One of the things I love about baking.
Haha chuck me for work fine. I will keep baking.
Gee🐝 says
Your Yogurt Cake
l👀ks delicious!!!
For toppings, you can add whip-cream with fresh glazed strawberries or blueberries.yum-yuummy😋
Cheechee says
Too Gbaski !(CORRECT) and my husband loves yoghurt.I'm hearing of this for the first time.
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Precious says
Hahaha thank you!
Yogurt cake is totally a thing and it is so good!
Tchana says
Oh my God what a nice reciepe i made this and was so corious to taste it after tasting a small portion of the just from the oven removed cake , i just realised the cake was finished without getting colf. Thank you so much mumy Precious, i am sure cameroonians are proud to have you.
Precious says
Oh Tchana, this makes me so happy!
Thanks so much for coming back to let me know.
God bless you.
Gg says
I used a loaf pan and it was still very much soupy after 35 mins - hope more time added will make a difference. Smells really good so far
Precious says
Hi Gg, how did it turn out?
Parvine says
Wow! You're simply adorable as well as your recipes. I feel so good each time I have to refer to your handwork. Me too I love cooking and always ready to try out anything new... Thanks for always sharing and more blessings
Precious says
Awww thank you, Parvine! Thanks so much for all the referrals. God bless.
Ndor says
Thank you so Much ma, I can imagine how yummy it will be. Will definitely try, but Ma no preservative is used? If yes how long can this cake last?
Precious says
Yes no preservative is used. It can last for up to a week when kept in the fridge.
Henrietta Tah says
Hey Precious, am ur number 1 fan and apprentice that tries all ur receipts. u are just full of blessings..believe me am now a chef in any occasion that am call upon to assist ranging from cakes to dishes. I owe you big time but receive my small "miyaka" THANK YOU. I ve not been uploading me yahhh. I will try ohhhh. Merry Christmas n happy new year
Precious says
Hi Henrietta, so glad to hear that the recipes have been useful to you. Your comment warmed my heart this morning. Thank you! You can inbox me pics on Facebook, dear. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
Mboh nancy says
Precious in ur recipe for plain cake or ur recipes though, the cup u use.I need to know d size
Precious says
Hi dear, I use the standard American measuring cup. 1 cups equals 125 grams. Hope this helps.
Julia says
Hi Precious,
I am an American Peace Corps volunteer living in Cameroon. My amenities are quite different from America, so I've been experimenting with baking with a "Dutch oven". Im so happy to have found your website- many of these cakes are possible with what i can find in my village! My friends and neighbors have been begging, Anty, fry another cake now-oh! Today we will try this one.
Thank you!!
Precious says
Awww Julia, you are so sweet! Glad you are enjoying the recipes. Hope the cake went well! Thanks so much for the feedback and so sorry for the late reply.
Kathy says
Could I use butter instead of oil in this recipe? Thanks!
Precious says
You definitely could use butter instead!
Rachel says
Looks delicious! We have a local dairy that makes the best yogurt and kefir. Going to use some up in the recipe. Kids are going to live it for breakfast! Me too 😊
Precious says
Hope you enjoy, Rachel!
Michelle Flores says
Hi Precious! Wonderful recipe, thanks for sharing. I’m wondering if there is a particular reason why you add in the eggs at the end instead of with the wet ingredients in the beginning? This is a new technique for me. Thank you very much!
Starshaped says
My cake turned out dense 🙁
It has a great crust, but the inside is such that it looks uncooked (although it isn’t). Do you know why? I used Greek yogurt and no nutmeg.
Precious says
Hi, did you follow my exact measurements? At what temperature did you bake the cake?
Rose Marie says
Hi, I just made your cake , it baked beautifully and rose. I let it sit a few minutes before taking it out of the oven. It now collapsed (
What went wrong ?
Thank you
Precious says
Hi Rose, did you follow my exact measurements and directions?
Nina says
Hello Precious, I love the recipes and really want to try it now but I want to increase the measurement like using 4cups of flour but I don't know how to measure the other items to suit this.
Please can you help?
Precious says
Hi Nina, you can double the recipe or multiply it as needed. I suggest you use 3 cups of flour instead of 4. Then multiply every other ingredient in the recipe by 2. For example use 6 eggs instead of 3 eggs. Hope this helps.
Ronke says
I just watched your video on yogurt cake. I am a little confused with the measuring. Your recipe states 1 cup of yogurt (or 250gms). But the measure of flour which is 1½ cups you equated to 180gms. Surely if 1 cup = 250gms, then 1½ cups should be more than 250gms. So how come it's now 180gms. I need an explanation please. Thanks.
Petra says
I tried this recipe yesterday for my sister ,but could not resistthe smell of it ,so I got a slice and hmmmm ....it's insanely delicious and soft .I will sure bake this for myself every weekend 😂. Eager to try your other recipes
Thanks Precious for sharing
Precious says
So glad you loved it Petra!
QueenAli says
I thought the cake at 32 minutes was wet in the middle but it was not. My hubby likes things overly sweet but I found the subtle sweetness good. I used vanilla Greek yogurt and reduced the sugar to a half of cup. It is great plain and it was easy to mix without any blender.
Precious says
Thank you for the feedback!
Shannon says
Recioe sounds great! Do you think substituting almond flour would change the structure of this cake?
Shannon says
Recipe sounds great! Do you think substituting almond flour would change the structure of this cake?
Precious says
Hi Shannon, I think almond flour would yield something different. You could try it and see how it goes.