Chocolate Chip Yogurt Cake

In honour of Glenisk sponsoring this year's Irish Parenting Blog Awards, this blog is featuring a recipe for the first time!  I bake from time to time, but this is the first time I used yogurt when baking.  The yogurt makes the cake incredibly moist!

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened

1 cup sugar

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

2 eggs

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

2 cups chocolate chips

2 cups of Glenisk Whole Organic Yogurt

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9-inch cake pan.*


Use a food processor or mixer to blend the butter, sugar and vanilla. You want a smooth mixture.

Add 2 eggs to this mixture and blend again until smooth.

In a separate bowl, mix the flour, baking powder and baking soda.

Then add about half of the dry mixture to the wet ingredients along with one cup of Glenisk yogurt.   Mix together.

Now add the remaining dry mixture and the other cup of Glenisk yogurt and mix again.  

Add the two cups of chocolate chips to the batter and mix.  

Pour the batter into your greased and floured pan.

Spread the batter evenly.

Bake for about 50 minutes in the preheated oven, until a knife inserted into the centre comes out clean.

Tastes great with whipped cream or ice cream!

Tips

I used a deep 9-inch cake pan and the edges of the cake became harder and less moist than the interior. Next time, I plan to use 2 shallow 9-inch pans which will allow the cake to bake quicker and evenly.  

The baking time varies depending on your oven and the type of pan you use. Check it periodically and cover with tin foil if getting to brown on top.

 There is a lot of flexibility with this cake. You can use any flavour of yogurt you want.  You can leave out the chocolate chips and add in fruit or jam.

The preparation is quick and easy, so give it a try.  Let me know how it works for you!

This recipe is adapted from Wonderful Yogurt Cake on Allrecipes.com
* The original recipe uses a 9-inch Bundt pan.