The soft strawberry and yogurt cake is a delicious pantry cake that is easy and quick to prepare.
With Greek yogurt, it has the consistency of a cloud that melts in your mouth, a spring cake perfect as a dessert, for breakfast, and snack time, for both kids and adults.
Read on to find out how to make the soft strawberry and yogurt cake with the easy recipe you will find below, as usual, right after the photo 😉
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- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Economical
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 8
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients
- 18 oz strawberries
- 1 cup plain Greek yogurt
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- lemon zest (zest of one lemon)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup potato starch
- 1 packet baking powder
- powdered sugar (for decoration)
Preparation of the Soft Strawberry and Yogurt Cake
In a large bowl, whisk the eggs with the sugar until they double in volume.
Add the yogurt, grated lemon zest, and vegetable oil, continuing to mix with the beaters.
Incorporate the sifted flour, potato starch, and baking powder.Wash the strawberries and cut 14 oz into pieces and leave the rest in slices to decorate the cake surface.
Add the 14 oz of strawberry pieces to the cake batter, mixing with a spatula.
Grease and flour, or line with parchment paper, a 9-inch diameter cake pan and pour in the prepared mixture.
Place the strawberry slices on the cake surface.Bake in a preheated static oven at 338°F for forty-five to fifty minutes, doing the toothpick test by inserting it into the center of the cake: when done, the toothpick should come out dry.
Let the soft strawberry and yogurt cake cool in the pan before transferring it to a plate or serving tray and decorating it as desired with powdered sugar.
Notes
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Questions and Answers
How long and how should the soft strawberry and yogurt cake be stored?
It keeps under a cake dome for two to three days at most.
