Ingredients

The following ingredients have 12 Servings
  • 300 ml – 1 ¼ cups yogurt
  • 150 gms – 1 ¼ cups plain flour
  • 300 gms – 2 ½ cups self raising flour
  • 225 gms – 1 cup + 2 tbsp sugar
  • 380 ml – 1 ½ cups milk
  • 75 ml – 1/3 cup vegetable oil (preferably sunflower oil)
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 6 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
  • Butter to grease the cake tin
  • Icing sugar

Instruction

  • Mix the flours and keep them aside.
  • With an electric mixer combine the yogurt, flours, sugar, milk, baking powder, vanilla extract, cocoa powder and oil.  Whisk until you have a smooth batter.
  • Grease a round 23 cm – 9 inch spring-form pan with butter and pour the cake batter in it.
  • Preheat the oven at 180°C – 355°F and bake the cake for about 50 minutes or until a stick inserted in its centre comes out dry.
  • Do not open the oven before 30 minutes have passed or the cake will not rise.
  • Let it cool, then dust the top with icing sugar and serve.