Strawberry Yogurt Cake with chocolate drizzle
They say that you create your future with your thoughts. If you think and strongly believe in something that you really want for an extensive period of time then your wish will become reality.
Can that be true? I don't know but what I do know is that last night I was dreaming of a soft cake and my mouth was heavily watering. I could taste, smell and visualize this cake very clearly.
By 10 am this morning this cake came out of the oven and it was just as good as in my dream. I had breakfast with it.
I used some seasonal strawberries with the addition of some yogurt that was sitting in the fridge ready to be used.
A good drizzle of white or dark chocolate will make this cake simply irresistible.
- Prep Time : 25 minutes
- Cook Time : 40 minutes
Ingredients
- self raising flour - 200 g -1 + ⅔ cup
- sugar - 150 g - 2/3 cup
- eggs - 3
- corn flour - 5 tbsp
- yogurt - 5 tbsp (or more if needed)
- oil - 80 ml - 3 fluid oz
- strawberries - 400 g - 2 + 1/2 cup
- For the topping:
- white chocolate - 120 grams - 1 cup (roughly chopped)
- butter - 1 tbsp
- confectionery (icing) sugar - to sprinkle
Instructions
Wash well your strawberries. Slice 2/3 of them in half, remove the green stem and let them drain in a colander so that they will release some of their liquid. Set the remaining ones aside for the final decoration.
In a bowl whip the egg yolks with the sugar until pale and creamy. Whip the egg whites to a firm consistency.
Mix the flour with the corn flour, sift and add it to the whipped egg yolks. Mix well, add the oil and the yogurt and finally gently stirring from top to bottom incorporate the egg whites.
Coat the strawberries lightly with flour ( to avoid them sinking down to the bottom) and add them to the mixture stirring them in well. You might need to add more yogurt check the consistency of the cake, it needs to be smooth and not dry.
Pour your mixture on a round greased baking tin (measuring approx 22 cm or 8.6 inch diameter) and bake at 180C or 350F.
Let the cake cool down, dust lightly with confectionery sugar, slice the remaining strawberries into halves and place them on top of the cake.
Melt the chocolate in a ceramic bowl over a saucepan of boiling water and when it is soft add the butter and stir well until it has melted well. Drizzle it on the cake.
This cake is gorgeous, my children could not stop eating it and eventually I had to hide the rest of it away!
I am entering this to Credit Crunch Munch with Jen's Food ( Fuss Free Flavours & Fab Food For All) and Cook, Blog, Share with Lucy at Supergolden Bakes.
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Beautiful cake with fragolle ALida, I love the pictures!!
baci!
Thank you Gloria 🙂
sorry dear is fragole!! (Im learning a little Italian I love it))
xo
Bravissima! 🙂
Che bel sogno e che deliziosa realizzazione, questa torta la sto mangiando con gli occhi, troppo buona, bravissima Alida! Un abbraccio!
Grazie tante cara.
This looks so pretty with white chocolate drizzle!
Gorgeous summery cake – love strawberry season! Must have been a total joy to eat – thanks for linking with #CookBlogShare
Thank you Lucy!
Such a pretty cake, I bet it was really delicious!
Thank you Lucy, yes really pleased with this one!
gorgeous Alida!
Un dolce golosissimo e tanto invitante, che bontà con il cioccolato bianco, bravissima!!!!
Grazie!
It is indeed very, very tasty cake. Thank you very much for the recipe! Preparation time is a bit longer, but it’s worth it.
Oooooohhh that looks good! Dream cake….. Yum! Love the photos too x
This cake is just beautiful and delicious! Thank you for entering it into #CreditCrunchMunch:-)
Thank you Camilla!
I dream of dishes too, but rarely get them cooking by 10am!
Lovely recipe. thanks for linking up to #CreditCrunchMunch
What a beautiful looking cake, the chocolate drizzle makes it really special. Thanks for sharing with Credit Crunch Munch 🙂
Very nice:)