I always have yoghurt in my fridge as I will eat it as an afternoon snack with some granola. But, more often than not it is used for baking. This chocolate yoghurt cake is topped with a crème fraîche and honey icing.
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If I had my way, there would be a farmers market in our town at least once a week. We are surrounded by farmland. Just over the mountain are apple and pear farmers. There is a huge blueberry farm. And one estate has free to roam, acorn fed pigs. Locally we have free to roam chicken, duck and goose eggs. As well as a free range chicken farm. 30 kilometers away is the most extensive strawberry farm you can imagine. And as crop rotation control they also grow beans. Free range beef is tended in this area and a small estate grows a huge range of organic vegetables. If I travelled 40 minutes from my home I could support the Phillippi farmers. But it would be much easier if I could just walk down to the farmers market and get what I wanted.
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It is a habit I have picked up from Europe and one I miss most when we are at home. But, this is never going to happen and so I have to shop at a local supermarket. It is one of the big players in our area. And at the moment I would rather be supporting the small stores. I did just that when I went to buy alcohol once the ban was lifted. Our local bottle store needs my money far more than the chain stores do. They don’t have big backers behind them. And their staff have not been earning money during the ban. I just feel so blessed that I can afford to still buy what I need. And that I can purchase things that are not essential to staying alive, but to keeping happy. I am sure many people are not in the same situation.
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Chocolate Yoghurt Cake
Ingredients
For the cake
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 180 mls canola oil
- 230 g thick yoghurt
- 65 g crème fraîche
- 10 mls vanilla paste
- 260 g self raising flour
- 215 g fructose
- 35 g cocoa powder
For the icing
- 150 g crème fraîche
- 50 g raw honey
Method
For the cake
- Preheat the oven to 160° Celsius
- Place the eggs, oil, yoghurt, crème fraîche and vanilla into a large mixing bowl
- Whisk until completely combined
- Sift the flour, fructose and cocoa powder into a mixing bowl
- Tip into the wet ingredients and fold in until completely combined
- Pour the batter into a lined loaf tin and place into the oven
- Bake for 80 minutes then remove from the oven
- Allow to cool completely in the tin
For the icing
- Place the crème fraîche and honey into a mixing bowl
- Whisk until thick and then refrigerate while the cake cools
- When the cake is cool, take it out of the tin and ice the top
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Do you have a farmers market where you live? And if so, do you shop there, and what do you buy?
How sad that you are unable to get the wonderful bounty of your area.
Have a happy New Year! May your good fortune that you wrote about continue, and also good health in the new year.
mae at maefood.blogspot.com
Thank you so much Mae!
Gracias, Tandy – it sounds delicious.
You certainly live in a bountiful area. You’d have a ball let loose there!
Take care. Hugs x
We are very blessed by what is around us 🙂
This looks like a very nice recipe, Tandy. We have also been trying to support our local businesses including the fruit and veg shop and the butcher.
There is a great new butcher close to you.
I wish we could walk to a farmers’ market as well. But at least we have a wonderful small grocery store close by that is all organic…
That’s amazing!
I too always have yogurt in my fridge and love eating it after lunch with some chocolate and sugar. Please dont laugh at me if I say, i never knew you could make cake with yogurt. thanks for sharing the recipe Tandy
That sounds like a decadent treat! I will never laugh – we all learn something new every day 🙂
Your cake looks so rich and delicious Tandy. I love chocolate cake and am always looking for a new recipe. This one doesn’t need a bar of 70% chocolate which is a bonus. That would drive me mad if I couldn’t access all of that beautiful fresh locally grown produce. Where does it go? The supermarkets have so much power don’t they? Have a great week Tandy.
All of it is sent to local markets or imported! Even worse imo 🙂
Lovely moist cake..
Thank you Lisa 🙂