Greek yogurt cake with orange
Greek yogurt cake with orange

Hey everyone, it is Kayley, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, greek yogurt cake with orange. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Greek yogurt cake with orange is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look fantastic. Greek yogurt cake with orange is something which I have loved my entire life.

Ground cloves add a warm, spicy note to this cake, while oranges and Greek yogurt lend a pleasing tang. Not overly sweet, the cake is just right for breakfast, afternoon tea and, of course, dessert. When peeling the oranges, be sure to remove the white pith, which is bitter.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook greek yogurt cake with orange using 12 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Greek yogurt cake with orange:
  1. Get yogurt
  2. Make ready vegetable oil (1 and 1/4 of a cup)
  3. Take sugar (1 and 1/4 of a cup)
  4. Take orange juice (1 and 1/4 of a cup)
  5. Get baking powder (4 tsps)
  6. Make ready zest of orange
  7. Take vanilla extract
  8. Take phyllo sheets(nearly 20)
  9. Prepare eggs
  10. Prepare For the syrup
  11. Prepare water (1 and 2/3 of a cup)
  12. Make ready sugar (1 and 2/3 of a cup)

It is intense in flavor, sturdy but not heavy, moist but not soggy. Greek Orange Yogurt Cake or Portokalopita as it is known in Greece first came to my attention when reading a post by David Lebovitz writing about Tinos Greece. Greek yogurt! …although I'm sure you already guessed that from the title of this recipe. Greek yogurt provides the same moisture as extra butter or oil Stir in the Greek yogurt, mixing until no large lumps remain.

Steps to make Greek yogurt cake with orange:
  1. Place the phyllo sheets on a large surface and leave at room temperature for 20 minutes, in order to dry well.
  2. To prepare this greek yogurt cake, start first by preparing the syrup. Pour into a pot the water, the sugar and the orange peel and a cinammon stick and bring to the boil.
  3. Simmer for 5-10 minutes, until the sugar is dissolved and the syrup has thickened. Leave aside to cool.
  4. In the meantime prepare the mixture for the yogurt cake.
  5. Pour the corn oil into a large bowl, add the sugar and whisk. Add beaten eggs.
  6. Add the yogurt, the orange juice, the orange zest and the vanilla extract and whisk well, until the ingredients combine and the mixture is smooth. Add the baking powder, and blend lightly.
  7. Tear the sheets of the phyllo dough into small pieces, using your hands and add into the mixture; whisk well
  8. Using a cooking brush, oil the bottom and the sides of a baking tray and pour in the mixtute. bake in preheated oven at 180C for 40-50 minutes until, nicely coloured and cooked through.
  9. Check if it is ready, by making a hole with a knife. If the knife comes out clean, then the cake is ready.
  10. To finish the yogurt cake, ladle slowly the cold syrup over the hot cake (allow each ladle of syrup to be absorbed, before ladling again).
  11. Allow time for the syrup to be absorbed and put in the refrigerator.
  12. Greek yogurt cake is ideally served cold, not hot, so that it does not crumble.
  13. Enjoy with or without vanilla ice cream

Then turn cake out onto a rack to cool thoroughly. Store cake covered, at room temperature. Serve slices of cake topped with Glazed Oranges and dollops of Greek Yogurt Whip. Slowly add orange juice, liqueur and rind and beat well with mixer at medium-high speed after each addition. Continuing with electric mixer, gradually beat flour mixture and yogurt into the butter mixture alternating between each until well blended.

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