What do you do when you have an abundance of Greek yogurt...You bake of course! Well at least I do. After all most baked goods freeze well. So I took my favorite sour cream pound cake recipe and switched it up. What I came out with was a very refreshing treat.
So here is my fun and very versatile recipe...
Greek Yogurt Pound Cake
1/2 cups flour
2 tablespoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt 4 ounces of Greek yogurt, any flavor
1 cup sugar
3 eggs, beaten
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup vegetable oil
zest and juice from 1 lemon or lime
optional: food color Preheat oven to 350 degrees, grease and flour a loaf pan. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Add yogurt, sugar, eggs, zest and vanilla. Stir together. Slowly fold in the oil. If desired add a few drops of food coloring that matches your yogurt, I just swirled mine for a fun look. Pour batter into the loaf pan. Bake for 50-60 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean.
To make a glaze for the top, in a small sauce pan add the juice from your lemon or lime to an equal amount of sugar...for example if you have 1/4 cup of juice add 1/4 cup of sugar. Over medium heat, cook until sugar is dissolved. When the cake is done, allow to cool for 10 minutes, remove from pan and while the cake is still warm pour the glaze on top and let it soak in.
The Flavors I made were Strawberry yogurt with Lemon, it reminded me of strawberry lemonade! a I also did lime yogurt with lime zest and juice. I think blueberry lemon would work...the combinations are only limited by your taste buds! Let me know what combinations you come up with!
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