Yiaourtopita - Yogurt Cake

"Wonderful sweet cake from The Book of Greek Cooking by Lesley Mackley(present from my second cousin.)"
 
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Ready In:
1hr
Ingredients:
9
Serves:
8
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat over to 375 F (190 C).
  • Grease and line a 9- inch round cake pan.
  • In a bowl, whisk egg yolks and sugar until creamy.
  • Gradually mix in oil.
  • Stir baking soda into yogurt.
  • Stir yogurt and half the lemon zest into egg yolk mixture.
  • Sift flour and baking powder into mixture and fold carefully.
  • Beat eggwhites until stiff but not dry, then fold into batter.
  • Pour mixture into the prpared pan.
  • Bake 40-50 minutes. Leave in pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool.
  • Dust with powdered sugar and sprinkle remaining lemon zest over the top.

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  1. Has anyone made this successfully? I followed exactly (ok, I used dried orange peel instead of zest) and ended up with a raw mess. Should I have used 2 9" pans? I am sorry I wasted all of those nice ingredients.
     
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