The advantage of the cake, prepared on the basis of yogurt, is that it turns out to be incredibly tender, tasty and light. Often, berries and fruits are added to the dessert, which makes it also useful. Today you can find a lot of different recipes for yogurt cake. The best of them are collected in this article.
Recommendations
Before proceeding to the study of cake recipes, you need to familiarize yourself with the recommendations that apply to almost all of the dessert preparation options presented in the article:
- Yogurt must be taken thick, high-quality. You can either natural, without adding flavorings, or any other, for example, vanilla, banana, with pieces of fruit.
- If you plan to make a cake for the festive table, you must start cooking in advance, at least 5 hours, so that the dessert has time to freeze and keep its shape well. The ideal option is to cook in the evening so that he stands in the fridge for the night.
Here, in fact, are all the important tips regarding the preparation of this treat. The first on the list is a blueberry-yogurt cake, a photo of which can be seen below.
Blueberry Cake Recipe
This dessert is bright due to the rich color of blueberries. But instead of it, you can take any other berry, for example, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries - it depends on personal preferences.
Such products will be required:
- 3 chicken eggs;
- 1 cup of wheat flour, sugar and blueberries;
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder;
- 600 ml of yogurt;
- 25 g of gelatin;
- half a glass of sugar (for a layer).
Blueberries can be taken both fresh and frozen. In the latter case, preliminary defrosting is not required.
Cooking starts with eggs. They need to be broken into a bowl, add sugar and beat the mixture with a mixer. The result is a thick airy foam. Next, flour and baking powder are added to the bowl. Again, the mass is well mixed with a mixer. Then you will need a baking dish - it needs to be greased with fat, poured into the mixture and put in the oven, heated to 180 ° C, for about half an hour. The readiness of the biscuit can be checked by a match - if it does not stick, then it is ready.
While the biscuit is cooling, it is necessary to prepare a layer for the yogurt cake. Put a thick dairy product in a bowl, add sugar. Stir the mixture well. Pour gelatin into a mug and pour boiling water over boiling water (100 ml). Stir with a spoon until it is completely dissolved. When the gelatin-based liquid has cooled, pour it into the yogurt. Mix.
Next, you need to take a detachable form. First, a biscuit is laid out in it, then half of the yogurt layer. Pour prepared blueberries on top. Pour the rest of the yogurt on it and send the dessert in the cold for at least 3 hours, and preferably 5.
From the finished yogurt cake, carefully remove the form and decorate the top.
Creamy Yogurt Fruit Cake
To prepare such a dessert you will need:
- 2 tablespoons of condensed milk;
- 250 g of yogurt;
- 70 g of butter and sugar;
- 200 g of cream and shortbread cookies;
- 12 g of gelatin;
- ½ cup of water;
- 1 tablespoon of fresh lemon juice;
- 2 bananas and a peach, a few raspberries.
This cake does not need to be baked, but it is worth considering that it needs to stand in the refrigerator all night.
Step-by-step recipe for creamy yogurt cake:
- Grind cookies. This can be done in a blender or put it in a bag and knead with a rolling pin. It is recommended to take just shortbread cookies, because it crumbles.
- Put the crumbs in the mold, cool.
- Dissolve gelatin in boiling water.
- Pour the cream into a bowl, add sugar to them and beat.
- Mix cream with gelatin in one bowl, add yogurt, mix gently but well.
- Pour the resulting mass onto cookies, leave in the refrigerator until morning.
Bananas, peaches and raspberries can be added to yogurt, then you get a fruit and berry filling. If it seems that such an addition inside the cake is inappropriate, it is permissible to use them to decorate the top. You can also divide berries and fruits into 2 parts, send half with yogurt for cookies, and make decoration from the other.
Step by step recipe for yogurt cake with strawberries
This berry is one of the most beloved among many people of all age groups. Moreover, strawberries are useful because they contain a lot of vitamins. The following recipe is especially for those who love this berry.
To make a cake you will need:
- 300 ml of yogurt and milk;
- 1 tablespoon of lemon juice and cocoa;
- 30 g of gelatin;
- a small amount of sugar.
Separately, for the strawberry layer, it is necessary to prepare:
- a cup of strawberry puree;
- 6 g of gelatin;
- a small amount of sugar.
The first step is to dissolve the gelatin, fill it with milk and leave it for 10 minutes. Then put the container on fire and wait until the liquid heats up, but does not boil. It is necessary to constantly stir the milk, and when the gelatin dissolves, remove from the stove and cool.
The next step in making homemade yogurt cake is mixing lemon juice with sugar. Mix the ingredients well. Add yogurt to them and beat thoroughly with a mixer. The longer, the more tender the jelly will turn out, respectively, the tastier the cake will be. Gently pour milk into yogurt, stir the mixture. Divide the resulting mass into 2 unequal shares. Add cocoa to a smaller one and then pour into a baking dish. Leave in the freezer for 15 minutes. When this time passes, get and pour the rest. Then leave in a cool place until completely solidified.
To prepare the strawberry layer, pour gelatin into the water and let it brew for 10 minutes. Then heat on the stove to a hot condition. When the gelatin dissolves, remove from heat and let cool. Add sugar and strawberry puree. The resulting mixture must be poured onto a yogurt layer, and then put the cake in the refrigerator, where it should stand until the top layer keeps its shape.
Yogurt-based cake without baking
Especially for those who are just starting to master the culinary art, an incredibly simple yogurt cake is selected. A recipe with a photo will help you navigate and make the process of creating a dessert faster. For a basis it is necessary:
- 200 g shortbread or any other cookies;
- 80 g of butter.
For fruit layer:
- 200 g of condensed milk, creamy cottage cheese, fresh or canned peaches;
- 700 ml of yogurt (you can take drinking with the addition of slices of peach);
- 30 g of gelatin;
- 150 ml of water.
Pour gelatin into water and leave for 10 minutes. During this time, prepare the main layer - grind the cookies and add soft (slightly melted) butter to it. These ingredients must be mixed and laid out in this way: remove the bottom from the split baking dish, turn the ring over (as if upside down), place it on a flat dish or chopping board pre-coated with baking paper. The side walls of the form must be covered with a film. When the crushed cookies are inside, smooth the surface.
To prepare the layer, you need to mix yogurt, cream cheese and condensed milk, beat with a mixer. Cut the peach into thin slices and put on cookies. The gelatin needs to be heated on the stove until completely dissolved, cooled, poured into yogurt and beat again. Pour the mass on peaches, put in the cold for several hours.
The recipe for those who follow the figure: a light yogurt cake (step by step, with photo)
Similarly to the previous option, you can prepare a cake very light for the stomach (and figure), only with a different layer.
- Cookies are also crushed and mixed in the same amount with melted butter, laid out in a mold, leveled and put away in the refrigerator.
- Gelatin in the amount of four tablespoons is poured ½ cup of water and swells for 10 minutes.
- But the yogurt-fruit layer is prepared differently. It is necessary to peel and dice kiwi (6 pieces), put in a deep bowl, add 1 teaspoon of lemon juice and 70 g of sugar. Stir, put on the stove and wait until the exotic fruit gives juice. Remove from heat, add gelatin and 500 ml of yogurt to kiwi, mix.
Take the cookies out of the refrigerator, put the ovals of bananas on top and pour the mixture into the mold. Garnish the top with kiwi slices and put the cake in the fridge overnight to freeze.
Cherry Yogurt Chocolate Cake
This recipe is especially for those who can not imagine their life without chocolate, but also very fond of cherries. Before you see a step-by-step recipe and a photo of a yogurt cake with these goodies, it is worth examining the list of necessary products. For biscuit you will need:
- 125 g of flour and sugar;
- 25 g of cocoa;
- ½ teaspoon of baking powder;
- 1 chicken egg;
- 50 g butter;
- 140 ml of milk;
- salt (on the tip of a knife).
For berry jelly:
- 400 g of sweet cherry;
- 100 g of sugar;
- ¼ teaspoon of cinnamon;
- 8 g of gelatin;
- 1 tablespoon of red sweet wine.
For souffle:
- 200 g of yogurt;
- 75 g of dark chocolate and sugar;
- 200 g of 35 percent cream;
- 10 g of gelatin.
For decoration:
- chocolate chips
- cherry berries.
To prepare a biscuit, you must first mix dry foods together, then add an egg to them. Put butter in milk and heat. Pour the resulting liquid into a dry mixture, mix. Pour into a greased form. Put in an oven preheated to 175 ° C, bake for 25 minutes. Cool the cake, cut off the top layer and lay the base in the form in which it is planned to collect the cake.
Pour the jelly berries with sugar and let it brew for a few minutes. Pour gelatin over water, set aside. Place the container with berries on the stove, bring to a boil, then pour cinnamon. After boiling the mixture a little, turn off the heat. Add gelatin and wine, mix. When the jelly has cooled, pour it onto the cake. Put in the cold for a couple of hours.
While the jelly hardens, you need to make a chocolate souffle. First you need to pour gelatin over 70 g of cream, add sugar and leave for a quarter of an hour. Then warm them up, not allowing to boil. Melt the chocolate and add to the cream. Cool, add yogurt to the mass, mix. Beat the remaining 130 g of cream, gently pour into a chocolate-yogurt mixture. Immediately pour over the jelly into the cake mold. Put the dessert in the refrigerator again for 6 hours, or better all night. After this time, you can decorate the cake with chocolate chips and berries.
Cottage cheese and yogurt dessert
To prepare an exquisite cottage cheese and yogurt cake at home, you must:
- 500 g of cottage cheese;
- 500 ml of natural yogurt;
- 250 g of sugar;
- 25 g of gelatin;
- 300 g currants;
- 220 ml cream;
- 2 eggs;
- 4 tablespoons of flour and sugar.
First you need to cook a biscuit: beat the raw eggs until a thick foam is obtained, then add a little sugar and beat again. Add cream to sifted flour. Stir the mass, put in a baking dish, covered with parchment. Bake for 15 minutes at 180 ° C. Cool the cake, put in a mold for the cake.
Rinse the berries, mash them. Add a little sugar, mix. Soak gelatin in water so that it swells and warm the cream to a warm state. Transfer gelatin to them and wait for its complete dissolution. The mass must be constantly disturbed.
Add cottage cheese and 0.2 kg of sugar to yogurt, beat. Pour most of the cream with gelatin into the resulting mass. Pour less to the berries. When the biscuit cools down, first lay on it a curd-yogurt layer. Put in the refrigerator to freeze. Then pour the berry mass and clean again in a cold place.
Rainbow Cake with Yogurt Cream
This dessert is perfect for a children's holiday. The birthday cake will appeal to both the birthday man and his friends. The only negative that can be distinguished in the recipe is the need to bake all four cakes separately, since each of them will be of a certain color. Read more about cooking in the video recipe.
The video describes in sufficient detail the process of preparing this bright cake. We can say with confidence that it will turn out not only beautiful, but also very tasty!