Fig, Almond and Yogurt Cake

Here's a quick cake recipe you can enjoy this long weekend. It has three of my favourite ingredients - figs, almonds and Greek yogurt. The addition of yogurt makes the cake moist and boosts the protein value of the cake. I bought a whole heap of figs when they were on special and knew I wanted to make a yogurt cake of some sort after trying Chobani's newest range: Greek Yogurt - it is super creamy, very high in protein and extremely low in fat.

The result:

Fig, Almond & Yogurt Cake
Adapted from Recipe on Food Expressed - Original Recipe here



Ingredients
200g unsalted butter
200g caster sugar, plus 1 tsp extra
3 large free-range eggs
180g ground almonds
100g plain flour
½ tsp salt
Scraped seeds of ½ vanilla pod
1 tsp ground star anise (if you don’t have this on hand try cinnamon as an alternative)
100g Greek yogurt ( I used Chobani Greek Yogurt 2%)
12 figs

Method
Heat the oven to 200C/400F/gas mark 6. Line the bottom and sides of a 24cm loose-based cake tin with baking paper. Beat butter and sugar with electric mixer until pale and fluffy. Beat the eggs lightly, then, with the machine on medium speed, add them gradually to the bowl, one at a time, adding another only once the previous addition is fully combined. Next,mix together the almonds, flour, salt, vanilla and anise, and fold into the batter. Mix until the batter is smooth, then fold in the yogurt.



Pour the batter into the lined tin and level roughly with a palette knife or a spoon. Cut each fig vertically into four long wedges, and arrange in circles on top of the cake, just slightly immersed in the batter. 




Bake for 15 minutes, then reduce the temperature to 170C/340F/gas mark 3 and continue baking until it sets – about 40-45 minutes longer. Check this by inserting a skewer in the cake: it’s done if it comes out clean. Remove the cake from the oven and allow it to cool down before taking it out of the tin and sprinkling with a teaspoon of caster sugar.Once the cake is cool enough, divide it into portions. 

You can eat the cake just as it is, but the addition of an extra dollop of Greek yogurt is my favourite way to enjoy it. It is not an overly sweet cake which makes it a nice alternative to rich sugary creations.




Do you cook with yogurt often?


The Food Mentalist sampled Chobani Greek Yogurt compliments of Chobani & Fleishman-Hillard


Comments

  1. I love cooking with yoghurt and I love eating yoghurt and I love making it.

    However, I have not made this cake that looks so delicious. Well done.

    Gorgeous photos.

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  2. Looks and sounds absolutely wonderful! Yummy.

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  3. If I had a choice of 10 cakes and this one featured among them, I'd pick this without a shadow of a doubt! It sounds heavenly Erin! :D

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  4. beautiful pics, that cake sounds delicious!

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