Yogurt cake is one of the very first recipes I have published on my site over 3 years ago. It has always been one of my favourite cakes: easy to make, delicious and quite healthy (for being a cake) as it does not contain any butter. It is also a very versatile cake as it can be sliced and filled with jam, cream, Nutella, chocolate ganache, fruits… you name it. Not only… I often make it into muffins and put them in my kids’ lunchboxes. On top of all of that, it makes a great base for any fondant covered cake. That’s what I have used to make my Peppa Pig Cake, my Miffy Cake and many others. It is moist, but resistant enough to bear the weight of fondant (including figurines). So, basically it is my go-to cake. Today I will share with you the recipe for a Yogurt cake which looks and tastes exactly like the “normal” Yogurt cake I love, but has an added bonus: it is eggless and can thus be enjoyed by people who cannot eat eggs. Serve it with a nice cup of tea or for breakfast. Enjoy!
Eggless Yogurt Cake
How to make a moist and delicious Eggless Yogurt Cake!
Ingredients
- 300 ml – 1 ¼ cups yogurt
- 150 gms – 1 ¼ cups plain flour
- 300 gms – 2 ½ cups self raising flour
- 225 gms – 1 cup + 2 tbsp sugar
- 380 ml – 1 ½ cups milk
- 75 ml – 1/3 cup vegetable oil preferably sunflower oil
- 2 tsp baking powder
- Butter to grease the cake tin
- Icing sugar
Instructions
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Mix the flours and keep them aside.
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With an electric mixer combine the yogurt, flours, sugar, milk, baking powder and oil. Whisk until you have a smooth batter.
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Preheat the oven at 180°C – 355°F and bake the cake for about 50 minutes or until a stick inserted in its centre comes out dry.
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Do not open the oven before 30 minutes have passed or the cake will not rise.
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Let it cool and then dust the top with icing sugar and serve.
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It sounds delicious and looks as if it has a lovely texture.
This cake looks so delicious! Can you substitute coconut oil for vegetable oil?
This cake looks so soft and spongy! Lovely 🙂
Can you share some recepie for eggless cakes, eggless cupcakes?
We do not get egg into my kitchen and I want to bake a cake at home.
Hi Manuela, I have become a fan of your blog, thanks to the lovely recipes, and the great detailing. You even post preparation pictures which is of great help!
Hi Manu,
Tried this cake today. Just wondering if the oil quantity is 1/3 cup or 2/3 cup? My cake seems to be ‘oil less’ and dry.
Enjoying reading all the new recipes!
Thanks,
Anjali
hi there ! lovely to know I could make this eggless 🙂 bookmarking and will let u know how we liked it .. can I use normal Indian yoghurt or only hung yoghurt ??
Cheers
Kalyani
Hi Kalyani! You can use regular Indian yogurt for this. Just make sure it is smooth (you can also whisk it a little bit to remove any lumps). Let me know how you like it! 🙂
One of the best Eggless cake recipe.. I have tried it it’s so fluffy..
I tried this yesterday and its just awful! I followed the recipe to the tee and the bottom does not cook… only the top! Also, the cake is not sweet at all even though the recipe calls for so much sugar. Very disappointed!
Same thing happened to me. I was so disappointed that the cake was uncooked at the bottom and came out very heavy. I even gave it an extra 10 minutes because after testing, 50 minutes wasn’t enough.
I tried the recipe today and it was not exactly how I expected. It turned beautiful from out and i even added some chocolates pieces as from the recipe I scented there was a lot of flour. Indeed I think a bit too much for my opinion very high actually could have made two loafs as came out a 9 inch cake plus 8 cupcakes which unfortunately didnt eat as left 30 mns like cake. It was not sweet enough but that didnt disturbed me. I was curious of the result.
My daughter said it tasted like bread. I guess its maybe ideal for people who dont want to eat eggs, but with so much flour there should be something extra to make it less dense and compensate
This was my experience which i really wanted to share.
Thanks