This easy melt-and-mix yoghurt and almond cake with macerated strawberries is moist and dense and perfect for your next afternoon tea.
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Melt-and-mix strawberry yoghurt cake
Try this easy melt-and-mix cake for your next afternoon tea.
- 1 hr 15 mins preparation (plus standing and cooling)
- Serves 8
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Ingredients
- 2½ cups (375g) self-raising flour
- 250 grams strawberries, chopped coarsely
- ⅔ cup (150g) golden caster (superfine) sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
- 2 eggs, beaten lightly
- 1 cup (280g) greek-style yoghurt
- 125 grams unsalted butter, melted
- ½ cup (40g) roasted almonds, sliced thinly
- 1 cup (280g) greek-style yoghurt, extra
Macerated strawberries
- 250 grams strawberries, halved or quartered
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon golden caster sugar
Method
- 1Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F. Line base and side of a 22cm (9-inch) springform pan with baking paper.
- 2Sift flour into a bowl; stir in strawberries, sugar, vanilla paste, egg, yoghurt and butter until just combined. Spoon mixture into pan; smooth the surface. Sprinkle with almonds.
- 3Bake cake for 50 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Leave cake in pan for 10 minutes. Release ring; transfer cake to a wire rack to cool.
- 4Meanwhile, make macerated strawberries.
- 5Serve cake topped with macerated strawberries and extra yoghurt.
Macerated strawberries
- 6Combine ingredients in a small bowl; stand for 20 minutes.
Notes
Cake and macerated strawberries are best made on day of serving.
