Orange yoghurt cake
Nov 30, 2010 1:00pm- 45 mins cooking
- Serves 12
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Ingredients
Orange yoghurt cake
- 2 eggs
- 3/4 cup (165g) firmly packed brown sugar
- 2 teaspoon finely grated orange rind
- 3/4 cup (90g) ground almonds
- 1/3 cup (50g) wholemeal self-raising flour
- 1/3 cup (95g) low-fat plain yoghurt
- 60 gram light cream cheese, softened
- 2 tablespoon icing sugar
- 1 tablespoon orange juice
- sliced orange rind, for decorating (optional)
Method
Orange yoghurt cake
- 1Preheat oven to 160°C. Grease a closed 20cm round springform pan and line base and side with baking paper.
- 2Beat eggs, sugar and rind in a small bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Stir in ground almonds, flour and yoghurt.
- 3Spoon the mixture into pan and bake for about 45 minutes. Stand in pan for 5 minutes before turning, top-side up, onto a wire rack to cool.
- 4Meanwhile, make orange cream cheese icing by whisking together cream cheese, icing sugar and juice in a small bowl until smooth.
- 5Spread cake with icing; top with thinly sliced orange rind, if you like.