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RaspberryYoghurt 43

Raspberry Yoghurt Cake

Raspberry Yoghurt Cake with a Crunchy Cacao Nib and Mascarpone Filling. A delicious cake with loads of texture and colour.

Ingredients
  

  • 150 g butter softened
  • 200 g light demerara sugar
  • finely grated zest of 1 large lemon
  • 3 large eggs
  • 200 g double cream yoghurt
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 100 g flour
  • 100 g ground almonds
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 2 x 100g fresh raspberries
  • 2 x 25g flaked almonds
  • 250 g mascarpone cheese
  • 25 g cacao nibs
  • icing sugar to dust

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C
  • Grease and line a 20cm springform cake tin
  • Beat the butter, sugar and lemon zest until thick and pale
  • Add the eggs on at a time, beating for a good 5 minutes after each addition
  • Beat in the yoghurt until just combined
  • Stir in the flour, almonds, baking powder and salt until just combined and then gently fold in 1 x 100g of the berries
  • Spoon the mix into the cake tin and smooth the top
  • Sprinkle with the 1 x 25g flaked almonds and bake for 45 – 55 minutes until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean (cover with foil if the cake browns too much)
  • Let the cake cool in the pan and then turn out on a rack to cool completely
  • Mix the mascarpone and cacao nibs
  • Split the cake, spread with the mascarpone mix and sandwich the cake
  • Dust with some icing sugar and serve with the rest of the raspberries and almond flakes