Apple yogurt cake without butter, a soft and moist cake that’s delightful to enjoy anytime during the day, from breakfast onwards, also great as a dessert after a meal. The presence of yogurt makes it soft and flavorful, and the apples make the difference, a whopping 3 apples, to be used even in the batter to make the cake moist and enjoyable with every bite. I love apple cakes and make many in different versions, and you probably remember my invisible apple cake, a creamy cake with lots of apples or the Greek yogurt apple cake high and fluffy, this time I wanted to prepare one very similar to my apple cake with hazelnuts and yogurt, but without hazelnuts and without butter, replacing the latter with a little seed oil, and the result was really excellent, obviously if you want you can also add hazelnuts or almonds here, substituting part of the flour, but I assure you that it is also excellent this way, maybe if you happen to not have hazelnuts we can make a good cake even without and the result is delicious all the same, don’t you agree, then let’s see how to prepare this delicious apple cake, scented with lemon and cinnamon.
- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very economical
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 10
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
Ingredients for apple yogurt cake without butter
- 2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3 eggs
- 2/3 cup plain yogurt
- 1/4 cup sunflower oil
- 1/2 packet baking powder
- packets vanilla
- zest of 1 organic lemon
- 3 apples
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- juice of 1 lemon
- 2 tablespoons sugar
Tools
- 1 Bowl
- 1 Electric whisk
- 1 Baking pan
- 1 Spatula
Preparation steps for apple yogurt cake without butter
Let’s start by preparing the batter for our cake; we will peel the apples last so they don’t turn brown.
In a large bowl, crack the 3 eggs, add the sugar, and beat with the electric whisk until the mixture is fluffy and frothy.
While whisking, slowly pour in the seed oil, then also add the yogurt, and continue mixing with the whisk.
Finally, add the sifted flour with the baking powder, and incorporate it with the electric whisk. Add the aromas at the end, lemon zest, and vanilla extract. Mix, and our apple yogurt cake batter is ready. Now the apples need to be prepared. First, turn on the oven, set to static mode at 350°F.
Peel 3 golden apples, slice them thinly, and season with lemon juice so they don’t brown. Add 2 tablespoons of sugar and a teaspoon of cinnamon if you like, and mix.
Add some of the apples to the batter, leaving about 1/3 or a little more aside to decorate the surface.
Pour all the batter for our apple yogurt cake into the greased and floured 10.2-inch cake pan. You can find the link for all the tools used in the list of tools used.
Cover with the remaining apple slices and bake for 40 minutes in a preheated oven at 350°F. Take it out after doing the toothpick test, and put it on a serving plate. If you want to make the apples shinier, brush them with some honey or jam while still warm, even diluted with a little hot water, so it’s easier to spread with a kitchen brush.
Let it cool before enjoying it, though of course, I had my first slice while it was still warm, it’s always a delight!
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